Garrett Bradbury

CAREER NOTES

• Started all 71 games in which he appeared for through his first five seasons in the NFL.
• Named the Vikings 2019 Rookie of the Year as part of the annual Minnesota Football Honors program.
• The third N.C. State player selected in the first round by the Vikings, joining RB Ted Brown in 1979 (16th overall) and CB Dewayne Washington in 1994 (18th overall).

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started all 14 games in which he appeared for the Vikings in 2023.
• Returned from injury and started vs. Kansas City in Week 5 (10/8) and has started every game since.
• Inactive Weeks 2-4 due to injury.
• Made season debut vs. Tampa Bay (9/10) before leaving with a back injury.

CAREER NOTES

• Started all 71 games in which he appeared for through his first five seasons in the NFL.
• Named the Vikings 2019 Rookie of the Year as part of the annual Minnesota Football Honors program.
• The third N.C. State player selected in the first round by the Vikings, joining RB Ted Brown in 1979 (16th overall) and CB Dewayne Washington in 1994 (18th overall).

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started all 14 games in which he appeared for the Vikings in 2023.
• Returned from injury and started vs. Kansas City in Week 5 (10/8) and has started every game since.
• Inactive Weeks 2-4 due to injury.
• Made season debut vs. Tampa Bay (9/10) before leaving with a back injury.

2022 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started all 12 games at C on the season, missing only two offensive snaps all season before missing the rest of the regular season.
• Started in the Wild Card matchup vs. New York Giants (1/15/23), his third career playoff game and start.
• Blocked for Kirk Cousins who set a team record for passing attempts (698) and totaling the second-most completions (424) and passing yards (4,547) in club history.
• Paved the way for Dalvin Cook to secure his fourth 1,000-yard rushing season, tying him for the second-most in team history with Robert Smith, trailing only Adrian Peterson (7).

2021 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started all 13 games, all at center, in which he appeared on the season.
• Caught his second career pass, a 21-yard reception on a deflected pass at Green Bay (1/2/22).
• Started at Detroit (12/5), vs. Pittsburgh (12/9), at Chicago (12/20) and vs. LA Rams (12/26).
• Dressed but did not play vs. Green Bay (11/21) and at San Francisco (11/28), his first games active after coming off the COVID-19 list.
• Remained on Reserve/COVID-19 for game at LA Chargers (11/14).
• Placed on Reserve/COVID-19 for game at Baltimore (11/7) on 11/4, the first game or start he missed in his NFL career.
• Started at Carolina (10/17), his first NFL game in his hometown of Charlotte, and helped offense to a 100+ yard RB (Dalvin Cook, 140), WR (Adam Thielen, 126) and 300+ yard QB (Kirk Cousins, 373) in an OT win.
• Started vs. Detroit (10/10) and helped RB Alexander Mattison to a new career-high with 113 yards on the ground in the win.
• Started vs. Seattle (9/26), opening the way for Mattison to match his career-best with 112 yards rushing and helping team win first game of the season.
• Started at Arizona (9/19), helping RB Dalvin Cook to 131 yards rushing and part of a line that only allowed 1.0 sack.
• Started Week 1 at Cincinnati (9/12).

2020 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Started all 16 games as the Vikings offense totaled the seventh-most rushing yards (2,283) and the second-most scrimmage yards (6,548) in team history.
• Vikings ranked fourth in NFL total offense, a 12-spot jump from 2019, and scored 55 offensive TDs, the second-best mark in team history behind the 1998 squad.
• Helped RB Dalvin Cook rush for 1,557 yards, the third-best mark in Vikings history and the second-most in the NFL for the year.
• Cook had 16 rushing TDs, the second-best season mark in Vikings history, and earned a second-straight Pro Bowl berth.
• Cook tied a team record in win at Green Bay (11/1) by scoring four TDs in a game (three rushing, one receiving), only the third time in Vikings history the feat has been accomplished, and tied the team record with three rushing TDs in a game.
• Helped WR Justin Jefferson re-write the NFL and team rookie record book with an NFL post-merger record 1,400 yards receiving and a team-record 88 catches en route to Second-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl berth.
• Protected QB Kirk Cousins as he threw for a career-high 35 TD passes and a 105.0 passer rating, the second-most touchdown passes in a season by a Vikings QB and the first time in team history a QB had consecutive seasons with a 100+ passer rating.
• The unit paved the way for 382 total yards of offense, two rushing touchdowns by Cook and three successful 2-point conversions vs. Green Bay (9/13).
• Helped Minnesota to 410 net yards of offense as the Vikings had a pair of 100-yard receivers and a 100-yard rusher at Houston (10/4) for the first time since 2000.
• Line allowed just one sack while the offense posted 487 net yards and Cook rushed for 206 yards, including a 70-yard rushing TD in win vs. Detroit (11/8).
• Paved the way for the offense as Minnesota became the second team in NFL history to have four different receivers with seven-plus catches and 60 or more yards in the same game vs. Carolina (11/29).

2019 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Became the first player in Vikings history to start 16 games at center as a rookie. Only the second player in franchise history to start every regular-season game at center as a rookie, as Mick Tingelhoff started all 14 games as a rookie C in 1962.
• Minnesota allowed zero sacks in five total games, tying a franchise record. The Vikings allowed 1.0 sack or fewer in 11 games in 2019, a new single-season franchise record.
• Became just the third rookie center in Vikings history to start a Week 1 game by doing so in his NFL debut vs. Atlanta (9/8). Was also part of a line that did not give up a sack on the day.
• Started at center as the offensive line blocked for Dalvin Cook's career-high 154 rushing yards at Green Bay (9/15).
• Started at center as Minnesota put up 490 yards of offense at NY Giants (10/6).
• Started at center vs. Philadelphia (10/13) as the Vikings offense scored 38 points.
• Started at center at Detroit (10/20) as Minnesota posted 503 total yards of offense, the most since 558 total yards vs. Atlanta on 9/28/14, and scored 42 points, the most in a game since Minnesota scored 49 points vs. the New York Giants on 12/27/15.
• Started at center vs. Washington (10/24) as the Vikings offense was not forced to punt for the first time since the 2004 season.
• Started in 27-23 Vikings win vs. Denver (11/17) as Minnesota scored 27 second-half points after being down 20-0 at half.
• Caught a tipped pass to record the first reception of his career vs. Detroit (12/8).
• Started at center in the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20), his NFL postseason debut.
• Started and had his second career catch in the Divisional game vs. San Francisco (1/11/20), gaining two yards off a deflected pass. The play made him the first Vikings offensive lineman with a postseason reception since Ed White vs. Dallas (12/25/71).

COLLEGE - NC STATE

• Started the final 39-straight games of his career, appearing in a total of 48 for the Wolfpack.
• Capped his college career by earning the Rimington Trophy, presented to the nation's top center, and he was a semifinalist for the Outland Trophy as a senior, the only center among the semifinalists.
• Served as a team captain as a senior and paved the way for the Wolfpack to have a 1,000-yard rusher (1,091 by Reggie Gallaspy), 3,000-yard passer (3,928 by Ryan Finley) and a pair of 1,000-yard receivers (1,186 by Kelvin Harmon and 1,047 by Jakobi Meyers).
• During junior campaign, Wolfpack running back Nyheim Hines broke the 1,000-yard mark (1,113), Harmon had 1,017 yards receiving and Finley threw for 3,514 yards.
• The team went 9-4 as a junior and as a senior, ending season ranked No. 23 in 2017 following a win over Arizona State in the Sun Bowl.
• During his final three seasons, Bradbury blocked for three different 1,000-yard rushers and protected Finley as the quarterback broke the 3,000-yard mark each year.
• Made transition from tight end to offensive lineman as a redshirt freshman in 2015.
• Redshirted as a tight end during his first season in 2014.

HONORS

• Rimington Trophy (2018)
• Consensus All-American (2018)
• First-Team All-ACC (2018)
• Outland Trophy Semifinalist (2018)
• CoSIDA Academic All-District (2018)
• First-Team All-ACC, Media (2017)
• Honorable Mention All-ACC, Coaches (2017)
• 4x Academic All-ACC

PREP - CHARLOTTE CENTRAL (N.C.)

• Led Charlotte Christian to North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association state titles in 2012 and 2013 as a junior and senior.
• Standout tight end and defensive end.
• Hauled in 12 touchdowns receiving as a prep, six of those as a senior.
• Ranked as No. 58 TE in nation by Scout.com and No. 54 by ESPN.
• Standout baseball catcher.

OFF THE FIELD

• In November 2019, helped give away 250 turkeys with other offensive linemen at The Salvation Army-Citadel Worship and Service Center in St. Paul.
• Earned degree in business supply operations management in 2017 and played the 2018 season as a graduate student.
• Father, Tim, played football at Eastern Washington and Montana State.
• Married wife, Carson, in the spring of 2021. The couple welcomed their first child together, a daughter named Blake, on 10/24/23.