Blake Brandel

2024 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started at LG in all 17 games, playing every offensive snap. Also saw action on special teams each week, playing 20% of the team's snaps.
• Played in his second career postseason game in the Wild Card round vs. the L.A. Rams (1/13).
• Made his season debut in Week 1 at the New York Giants (9/8), playing 100% of the team's offensive snaps. It marked his first career start in a season opener.

2024 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started at LG in all 17 games, playing every offensive snap. Also saw action on special teams each week, playing 20% of the team's snaps.
• Played in his second career postseason game in the Wild Card round vs. the L.A. Rams (1/13).
• Made his season debut in Week 1 at the New York Giants (9/8), playing 100% of the team's offensive snaps. It marked his first career start in a season opener.

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Saw action in every game for the Vikings during the 2023 season, including making two starts.
• Started his second game of the season in Week 18 at Detroit (1/7), playing 100% of the offensive snaps at RG.
• Made his first start of the season in Week 14 at Las Vegas (12/10), playing 100% of the offensive snaps at RG.
• Active Weeks 1-12 and 15-16, appearing on special teams.

2022 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Played in nine contests with three starts (all at LT) in 2022, playing in a career-high 275 offensive snaps.
• Placed on IR on 12/14 and was activated prior to the team's Wild Card matchup vs. New York Giants.
• Started at LT, his first career start, vs. New England (11/24), a contest played on Thanksgiving.
• Replaced Christian Darrisaw at LT after he left with an injury at Buffalo (11/13) and vs. Dallas (11/20).
• Played on special teams at Miami (10/16) and vs. Arizona (10/30).
• Made season debut in Week 1 vs. Green Bay (9/11), appearing on one offensive snap.
• Was active but did not play Weeks 2-5.

2021 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Appeared in 13 games in 2021, playing in 65 snaps on offense, mostly as an extra eligible OL.
• Played in a career-high 17 offensive snaps, subbing in as an extra OL vs. Pittsburgh (12/9).
• Filled in at RG for injured Olisaemeka Udoh briefly in first half at Baltimore (11/7).
• Played on special teams and in extra-lineman offensive packages vs. Dallas, at Baltimore, at LA Chargers, vs. Green Bay and at San Francisco.
• Signed to 53-man roster from Vikings practice squad on 10/18.
• Released from 53-man roster prior to game vs. Seattle (9/26) but signed back to practice squad on 9/27.
• Played at Arizona (9/19).
• Appeared in his first career game at Cincinnati (9/12) playing in two snaps on offense and four on special teams.

2020 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Joined Vikings practice squad on 9/6 and spent entire rookie season there.
• Drafted by Vikings in sixth round (203rd overall), the 10th of a team-record 15 players drafted.

COLLEGE - OREGON STATE

• A Second-Team All-Pac-12 in 2019 by coaches and the AP.
• Team captain as a senior; earned a 93.1 pass-blocking grade (the best in the nation) from Pro Football Focus.
• Helped Beavers RBs break the 100-yard rushing mark seven times during the 2019 season and allowed only one sack himself.
• Started all 12 games at LT in 2018 and helped RB Jermar Jefferson break the 1,000-yard mark, becoming the first Beavers back to do so since 2010.
• Freshman season in 2016 was best record he posted with Beavers, going 4-8, including a win over cross-state rival Ducks.

PREP - CATHOLIC CENTRAL (ORE.)

• Ranked as Oregon's No. 3 prospect at Catholic Central in Portland.
• Helped team to consecutive 6A state titles and earned 6A All-State as a junior and senior.
• Played basketball in high school.

OFF THE FIELD

• Graduated with degree in business entrepreneurship, earning Honorable Mention Academic All-Pac-12 in 2016, 2017 and 2018.
• Father, Scott, played college football at Lewis & Clark College, a Division III school in Portland.
• Married wife, Natalie, in spring 2021.