• Named to the Pro Bowl in back-to-back seasons in 2016-17.
• Set a new career high with 5 INTs in 2016, including 2 vs. Arizona, 11/20/16, the most by a Vikings CB since Brian Williams (5) in 2003.
OFF THE FIELD Attended the 2018 NFL Draft in Dallas and visited the Vikings fan section spending time chatting and taking photos with fans in attendance...Joined teammates for the Adoption Family FunFest at Winter Park during 2013 season, supporting families who adopt...Hosts annual holiday shopping sprees for UofM Masonic Children’s Hospital patients to spread some cheer…Active with the Boys and Girls Club, choosing to support the organization during the 2018 My Cause My Cleats campaign...Attended the same high school (Miami Norland) as Steelers WR Antonio Brown, where they overlapped in 2005...Would like to run his own business after football…Active with his college coach Jimbo Fisher's charity, Kidz1stFund, and regularly attends fundraisers and donates to the cause...Has a son, Justin, and daughter, Journey...Majored in social science at Florida State
HONORS Earned 1st-Team All-Pro honors at CB by the AP, Sporting News and PFWA and 2nd-Team honors at DB by the AP in 2017...Named to the All-NFL team by PFWA in 2017...Voted #66 after the 2016 season and #55 after the 2017 season on the NFL's Top 100 list...Selected as the 2016 Minnesota Vikings Defensive MVP...Named to the 2016 and 2017 Pro Bowl and the NFC Defensive Player of the Week 11/20/16 vs. Arizona.
PRO Has 10 career INTs...Consistently asked to cover the opposing #1 WR anywhere on the field...Named 1st-Team All Pro in 2017 after starting all 16 games for the NFL's top-ranked defense in scoring and yards allowed...Earned his 1st career Pro Bowl nod and 2016 Minnesota Vikings Defensive MVP honors after snagging a career-best 5 INTs...Finished 4th in the NFL, 2nd in the NFC, with 18 passes defended in 2014...Led team in PBUs during 2013-14 seasons...1st NFL interception at Chicago (11/16/14) off Jay Cutler...Started 6 of the 13 games he played as a rookie, missing the final 3 games with ankle injury...Set Vikings rookie record with 23 PD in 2013...Part of the Vikings 3-member, 1st-round draft class in 2013, only the 2nd time in team history the team has had 3 picks in the 1st round, the other coming in 1967...Selected #25 overall in 2013 by the Vikings...Declared for NFL Draft after his junior season at FSU…Was the 4th DB in team history selected in the 1st round and the 2nd CB among the 4, joining 2012 pick Harrison Smith in consecutive seasons at DB in 1st round.
2018 Started all 14 games he appeared in, helping lead the NFL's 3rd-ranked pass defense (218.8 yards allowed per game)...Finished the season with 50 total tackles (44 solo), 1 FF, 1 INT and 9 passes defended...Wrapped up 2 solo tackles and made 1 PBU vs. Miami (12/16) as the Vikings defense held the Dolphins to 108 passing yards...Made 1 solo tackle at Seattle (12/10)...Recorded his 3rd career forced fumble vs. Detroit (11/4)..Inactive with an ankle injury vs. New Orleans (10/28)...Shadowed Alshon Jeffery at Philadelphia (10/7), limiting the Pro Bowl WR to just 2 catches for 39 yards....Racked up 8 tackles (8 solo) and two PDs at Green Bay (9/16) in his 70th career start...Recorded the 10th INT of his career in the season opener vs. San Francisco (9/9) when he picked off Jimmy Garoppolo.
2017 Finished the season with 63 tackles and 2 INTs as he started all 16 games for the 3rd time in his career...Earned 1st-Team All-Pro honors at CB and 2nd-Team honors at DB, the 1st time receiving the honor in his career, as well as All-NFL honors by PFWA...Made 2 solo tackles at Philadelphia (1/21/18) in the NFC Championship Game...Tallied 5 tackles (4 solo) and 2 PD vs. New Orleans (1/14/18) in the Vikings Divisional Playoff Round win...Made 6 solo tackles and 1 PBU at Green Bay (12/23) as the Vikings shutout the Packers for the 1st time since 1971...Held A.J. Green to 2 catches for 30 yards and tallied 4 tackles (3 solo) vs. Cincinnati (12/17) as the Vikings clinched the NFC North title for the 2nd time in 3 seasons...Compiled 7 tackles (6 solo) at Atlanta (12/3) as All-Pro WR Julio Jones was held to 2 catches for 24 yards...Tallied 8 tackles (5 solo), an INT and 2 PD at Detroit (11/23)...Made 2 solo tackles at Washington (11/12)...Recorded 3 tackles (2 solo) and a PBU vs. Cleveland (10/29) at Twickenham Stadium in London, England as a part of the NFL's International Series...Totaled 2 tackles (1 solo) vs. Baltimore (10/22) and helped limit the Ravens to 186 passing yards...Tallied 4 solo tackles, his 1st INT of the year and a PD vs. Green Bay (10/15)...Posted 1 solo tackle at Chicago (10/9) and was not thrown at for the 1st time in his NFL career...Registered 5 tackles (4 solo) vs. New Orleans (9/11) to open the season.
2016 Started all 14 games he appeared in, having his best season as a pro...Hauled in his 5th INT of the season to increase his single-season career high while also contributing 5 total tackles (4 solo) vs. Chicago (1/1)...Posted a season-high 8 tackles (6 solo) vs. Indianapolis (12/18)...Tallied 2 solo tackles and a PD at Jacksonville (12/11)...Secured his second TFL of the season along with 2 solo tackles vs. Dallas (12/1)...Had the best performance of his career vs. Arizona tallying 2 INTs, including 1 returned 100 yards for a score while also contributing 3 total tackles...Tallied 5 tackles (4 solo) as well as a season-high 3 passes defended at Chicago (10/31)....1 of 3 players (Yannick Ngakoue, JAX & Ramik Wilson, KC) to have an INT, FF and TFL in the same game in 2016 after totaling 4 tackles, 1 TFL, 1 FF, 1 INT and 2 passes defended at Philadelphia (10/23)...Had 2 tackles and a PD vs. Houston (10/9)...Caught 1st INT of the season and helped limit Odell Beckham, Jr. to a career-low 23 receiving yards on 3 catches vs. New York Giants (10/3)...Started at Carolina (9/25) and had 1 PBU in his return from a knee injury...Inactive at Tennessee (9/11) and vs. Green Bay (9/18).
2015 Started every game in regular season and Wild Card playoff game for NFC North champions...Snared INT off Aaron Rodgers in end zone of game at Lambeau (1/3/16) in regular-season finale that gave Vikings the Division title...Helped Vikings rank #5 in NFL in points allowed per game and rank #12 in NFL in passing defense...Part of Vikings defensive backfield that featured 4 players who were 1st-round draft picks - Harrison Smith, Trae Waynes, Terence Newman and Rhodes...Notched season-high 7 tackles at San Francisco (9/14) in season opener and had season-high 3 passes defended at Arizona (12/10).
2014 Started all 16 games in a breakout season for the 2nd-year CB...Finished the season with a team-high 18 passes defended, ranked 4th in the NFL and 2nd in the NFC...A major part in the Vikings pass defense improving to 7th overall in the NFL after being ranked 31st in 2013...Recorded his 1st NFL interception off Jay Cutler at Chicago (11/16)...Tied career-high with 4 passes defended vs. Atlanta (9/28)...Posted 4 games with multiple passes defended.
2013 Set Vikings rookie record with 23 passes defended, the 2nd most in team history...Started 6 games and saw action in 13, missing final 3 with ankle injury...Opened game at Green Bay (11/24), ended with season-high 9 tackles and 4 passes defended...Started consecutive games at Dallas (11/3) and vs. Washington (11/7)...Started NFL debut in season opener at Detroit (9/8) when team opened in nickel defense...Notched season-high 8 tackles, a TFL and PD vs. Green Bay (10/27).
COLLEGE Appeared in 43 games at Florida State, making 38 starts…Was part of teams that went 38-16 during his FSU career…Won the ACC Atlantic Division in 2010 and 2012…Won the ACC Championship in 2012…4-0 in bowl games at FSU with wins at the Gator Bowl, Chick-Fil-A Bowl, Champs Sports Bowl and the BCS Orange Bowl…Earned 1st-Team All-ACC honors following his junior season…ACC Defensive Rookie of the Year in 2010.
PREP Attended Norland High in Miami, playing RB and WR…Led Norland in both rushing and receiving as a senior, earned Miami Herald All-Dade honors on both offense and defense.