Dalvin Tomlinson

• Joined Vikings as a free agent from the NY Giants for 2021 after starting all 64 games with the club.

• Since 2017, is tied with Grady Jarrett for the NFL lead in run stuffs (tackles on a run play that result in no gain or a loss of yardage) with 64 according to NextGen Stats.

• Named team captain in 2020 for the first time in his career.

• Was named to PFWA 2017 All-Rookie Team.

•Teammates at Alabama with Vikings TE Irv Smith, Jr.

OFF THE FIELD

• Was the Giants' 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee and 2019 nominee for the NFL's Anything but Ordinary Player of the Year award.

• Kicked off Crucial Catch Month by visiting the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge in New York, where families stay free of charge while receiving cancer treatments.

• During Salute to Service month, played video games with veterans through the Wounded Warrior Project as well as led the veterans on a tour of the facility.

• Joined several teammates and the Newark Bronze Shields, the African-American police officers association within the Newark Police Department, to host a discussion with high school student-athletes about the importance of academics, selecting college majors, academic demands of a college athlete, sports related occupations, and life after sports.

• Attended the Fuel Up to Play 60 Summit in Cleveland, Ohio, and encouraged nearly 300 student leaders from around the country about nutrition and physical fitness.

• A talented musician who plays piano, trumpet and the drums and an artist who excels at drawing with pencils.

• Joined Vikings as a free agent from the NY Giants for 2021 after starting all 64 games with the club.

• Since 2017, is tied with Grady Jarrett for the NFL lead in run stuffs (tackles on a run play that result in no gain or a loss of yardage) with 64 according to NextGen Stats.

• Named team captain in 2020 for the first time in his career.

• Was named to PFWA 2017 All-Rookie Team.

•Teammates at Alabama with Vikings TE Irv Smith, Jr.

OFF THE FIELD

• Was the Giants' 2020 Walter Payton Man of the Year nominee and 2019 nominee for the NFL's Anything but Ordinary Player of the Year award.

• Kicked off Crucial Catch Month by visiting the American Cancer Society's Hope Lodge in New York, where families stay free of charge while receiving cancer treatments.

• During Salute to Service month, played video games with veterans through the Wounded Warrior Project as well as led the veterans on a tour of the facility.

• Joined several teammates and the Newark Bronze Shields, the African-American police officers association within the Newark Police Department, to host a discussion with high school student-athletes about the importance of academics, selecting college majors, academic demands of a college athlete, sports related occupations, and life after sports.

• Attended the Fuel Up to Play 60 Summit in Cleveland, Ohio, and encouraged nearly 300 student leaders from around the country about nutrition and physical fitness.

• A talented musician who plays piano, trumpet and the drums and an artist who excels at drawing with pencils.

PRO

• Has not missed a game or start, opening all 64 career games.

• Originally selected in 2nd round (#55) by NY Giants in 2017.

• Signed with Minnesota as a free agent in March 2021.

HONORS

• Named to PFWA 2017 All-Rookie Team.

• The Giants 2020 Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year nominee and 2019 nominee for the NFL's Anything but Ordinary Player of the Year award.

• Giants 2019 Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award nominee.

2020: NEW YORK GIANTS

• Started all 16 games and was named a team captain.

• Matched career-best with 3.5 sacks on the season.

• Named team captain in 2020 for the first time in his career.

• Had 6 tackles (4 solo), 1.0 sack and 2 TFLs at Dallas (10/11).

• Totaled a season-high 8 tackles against Washington (10/18).

• Had 3 tackles including 2 TFLs and a sack vs. Arizona (12/13).

2019: NEW YORK GIANTS

• Started all 16 games for the 3rd consecutive season and totaled 49 tackles (23 solo), a career-high 3.5 sacks.

• Recorded 7 tackles at New England (10/10).

• Contributed 3 solo tackles and a sack, a 9-yard takedown of Matthew Stafford, at Detroit (10/27).

• Posted a team and season-best 9 tackles (2 solo), including a 5-yard sack of Sam Darnold at NY Jets (11/10).

• Was credited with his 1st career FF at Philadelphia (12/9) when he caused QB Carson Wentz to lose the ball, which was recovered by LB David Mayo.

2018: NEW YORK GIANTS

• Started all 16 games and finished with 59 tackles (28 solo), including 5 tackles for loss.

• Opened season with 5 tackles (3 solo) vs. Jacksonville (9/9).

• Had 6 tackles (2 solo) vs. Tampa Bay (11/18), 4 solo stops at Philadelphia (11/25), and a season-high 7 tackles (4 solo) vs. Chicago (12/2).

2017: NEW YORK GIANTS

• Started all 16 games and was selected to the PFWA All-Rookie Team.

• He was the 3rd consecutive Giants 2nd-round draft choice to start all 16 games as a rookie, joining Landon Collins (2015) and Sterling Shepard (2016).

• First Giants rookie DL to start 16 games since Barry Cofield in 2006.

• Had 4 tackles (1 solo) in his NFL debut at Dallas (9/10).

• Tallied 6 tackles (3 solo) vs. Kansas City (11/19).

• Registered 2 tackles (1 solo), and his first career sack, on Kirk Cousins, at Washington (11/23).

• Contributed a season-high 7 tackles (2 solo) at Oakland (12/3).

COLLEGE

• Played in 45 games with 15 starts at Alabama from 2013-16, helping team to national title in 2015 with a win over Clemson in the title game. As a senior in 2016, lost in national championship game to Clemson 2 years after falling in national semifinal game to Ohio State in 2014.

• Alabama won SEC title in each of his final 3 seasons.

• Had a career 122 tackles, 11.5 TFL, 5.0 sacks.

• In 2016, started all 15 games for the Crimson Tide and collected 62 tackles, 5.5 TFL, 3.0 sacks.

• In 2015, played in all 15 games as the top defensive line reserve for the national champion Crimson Tide.

• In 2014, played in 14 games.

• As a redshirt freshman in 2013, played in season opener vs. Virginia Tech (8/31) before suffering a season-ending injury.

PREP

• First team Georgia Sports Writers Association AAA All-State at Henry County High School.

• As a senior in 2011, had 109 tackles and 8.5 sacks.

• In his junior season, had 76 tackles and 7.5 sacks.

• Three-time heavyweight wrestling champion.

• Also a striker on the school's soccer team.