EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings have added a punter to the roster.

Minnesota agreed to terms with four-time Pro Bowler Johnny Hekker, the team announced Tuesday.

Hekker, 36, most recently spent the 2025 season with Tennessee. He played in all 17 games and punted 78 times for 3,653 total yards, averaging 40.3 net yards per boot. Hekker had seven touchbacks and landed 22 punts inside the 20-yard line.

Hekker got his NFL start as an undrafted free agent with the Rams in 2012. He stayed with the NFC team for 10 seasons, which included the relocation from St. Louis to Los Angeles following the 2015 campaign. Hekker earned Pro Bowl nods following the 2013, 2015, 2016 and 2017 seasons.

He also is a four-time First-Team All-Pro by The Associated Press, receiving the designations in those same seasons. Following the 2014 and 2018 seasons, he was named Second-Team All-Pro.

Over 14 NFL seasons, Hekker has punted 1,041 times across 229 regular-season games. He has a net average of 42.7 yards per punt and a touchback percentage of 5.6. He has dropped 38.5% of his punts inside the 20.

Hekker will reunite in Minnesota with Vikings Special Teams Coordinator Matt Daniels, a former DB who teamed with the punter in 2012 and 2013. Daniels later returned to the Rams as an assistant special teams coach from 2018-19.

The Hekker signing comes in the wake of former Vikings punter Ryan Wright joining the Saints. Hekker will join 2025 First-Team All-Pro kicker Will Reichard, entering his third season in Purple, and three-time Pro Bowl long snapper Andrew DePaola, who is returning for his seventh campaign with the Vikings and has been named First-Team or Second-Team All-Pro in each of the past four seasons.

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