Vikings’ Jordan Addison charged with misdemeanor trespassing at a Florida casino restaurant

Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison was arrested early Monday, Jan. 12, in Tampa, Fla., and charged with first-degree misdemeanor trespassing.

According to Hillsborough County arrest records, Addison was detained by Seminole Indian Police at 3:46 a.m. on Jan. 12 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. He was charged with trespassing in an occupied structure or conveyance.

According to a Hillsborough County criminal affidavit, Addison was asked several times to leave a restaurant at the casino by the staff there. Addison refused and had to be redirected toward the exit several times while he was escorted out of the building. He has a Feb. 3 hearing on his misdemeanor trespassing charge.

Addison was released in the afternoon after posting a $500 cash bond.

“I just learned about that very, very recently,” Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell said at a previously scheduled news conference Jan. 13.

“I don’t want to speculate on that in any way, shape or form. I do think we have to get as many facts and find out exactly what happened.”

Addison’s agent, Tim Younger, did not respond to a request for comment but posted a statement on social media: “On Jordan’s behalf, his legal team has already initiated the investigation, identified witnesses, and we are reviewing the viability of a claim for false arrest. He looks forward to the legal process and upon full investigation, we are confident Mr. Addison will be exonerated.”

Addison, who was benched for part of the Vikings’ Oct. 5 win over the Cleveland Browns in London for missing a walkthrough, also served a three-game suspension at the start of the 2025 season, an NFL punishment stemming from a 2024 DUI arrest. Just months after being drafted 23rd overall out of USC in 2023, Addison was cited for driving 140 mph in a 55-mph zone on Interstate 94 in St. Paul.

General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah was asked about how Addison’s off-field incidents could impact the Vikings’ decisions at wide receiver, a position where an ascending talent, Jalen Nailor, is a free agent in March.

Before May 1, the Vikings also must decide on Addison’s fifth-year option. He’s under contract through 2026, but the team can add an expensive (and guaranteed) fifth year onto his rookie deal that’s projected to be $17.5 million, according to OverTheCap.com.

“I don’t want to speak too deeply about it,” Adofo-Mensah said, “but obviously any decision you make with Nailor or anybody else is about the short-term and long-term of that room.

“Jordan is unique because 99 percent of the days Jordan Addison is a Viking, he is a joy to be around. He is incredibly intelligent, confident, responsible and, like all of us, what are you like on 1 percent of those days? Is it the type of thing that draws attention or not?

On the field, Addison had career-low marks this season in catches (42), yards (610) and touchdowns (three), while the Vikings’ passing game struggled. He also had a career-worst seven drops, per Pro Football Focus.

But Addison has already proven to be an above-average receiver in the NFL.