Sean Mannion joins the Vikings practice squad after being released by the Seattle Seahawks. The veteran signal caller returns to Minnesota after spending the 2019-20 seasons with the team, where he and appeared in three games with one start. For his career, Mannion has appeared in 13 games with two starts totaling 384 passing yards with no touchdowns and three interceptions. The highly-decorated Oregon State Beaver was a third-round selection (89th overall) in the 2015 NFL Draft by the then St. Louis Rams, the franchise with which he spent the first four years of his career. Mannion was the backup quarterback during the Rams 2018 season, where won the NFC West earned a trip to Super Bowl LIII.
• Made his 1st start as a Viking vs. Chicago in 2019 Week 17.
• Member of the Super Bowl LIII 2018 LA Rams team.
• His 13,600 career passing yards at OSU is the 2nd-highest total in Pac-12 history, trailing only Luke Falk of Washington State.
• Married to Megan Mannion.
• Father, John, has been the head football coach at Silverton (Ore.) High School since 2010.
• Graduated in December 2014 with a degree in liberal studies.
• Drafted 89th overall (3rd round) in 2015 by the St. Louis Rams.
• Played in 10 games with 1 start in 4 seasons with the Rams.
• Re-signed with Minnesota on 3/19/20.
• Appeared in 3 games in 2019 with 1 start, serving as Kirk Cousins' backup, opening season-finale vs. Chicago (12/29) when many starters sat out. Went 12/21 for 126 yards in the loss.
• Appeared vs. Oakland (9/22), kneeling twice to end the game.
• Knelt 3 times to end the game at the LA Chargers (12/15).
• Active but did not play in the Divisional game at San Francisco (1/11/20) and the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20).
• Backed up starting QB Jared Goff through 2018 regular season and postseason.
• Active for all 19 games, regular season through Super Bowl LIII.
• Recorded 3 rushing attempts for 1 yard (long rush of 3 yards) at San Francisco (10/21).
• Played vs. San Francisco (12/30) and completed 2-of-3 passes for 23 yards for an 89.6 passer rating.
• Played in 5 games with 1 start, going 22/37 passes for 185 yards.
• Active for all 17 contests throughout regular and postseason.
• Entered game in the 4th quarter and completed a 12-yard pass to TE Derek Carrier vs. Indianapolis (9/10/17).
• Had 1 pass for 4 yards ran for 3 yards at Seattle (12/17/17).
• Made his 1st career start vs. San Francisco (12/31/17) and completed 20 of 34 passes for 169 yards, 0 INTs.
• Saw action in 1 contest on the season, completing 3-of-6 passes for 19 yards vs. Arizona (1/1/16).
• Inactive for 13 games.
• Completed 6 passes for 31 yards in NFL debut at Cincinnati (11/29/15).
• Inactive for 15 games on the season.
• Made 43 starts at Oregon State, completing 1,187-of-1,838 passes (64.6%) for 13,600 yards and 83 TDs.
• His 13,600 career passing yards set a Pac-12 record.
• Set OSU program records for career passing TDs (83) and completion percentage (64.6).
• Two-time Honorable Mention All-Pac 12 (2013, 2014).
• In 2014, finished his senior season with 3,164 passing yards, the 10th-most in OSU history.
• As a junior in 2013, tied for 4th in the nation for passing TDs
(37) and was 2nd in the nation with 4,662 passing yards, a Pac- 12 record. Set OSU season records with 400 completions and 603 pass attempts.
• Three-year football starter at Foothill High School, finishing as the program's career passing leader.
• Rivals 14th-best pro style QB in the nation.
• Threw for 3,521 yards and 27 TDs as a senior.
• Set a Northern California prep record with 581 yard/5 TD game.
• Earned 2 letters as a pitcher for the baseball team and 1 letter as a center for the basketball team.
