Thread: Vikigns/Patriots Connections

VIKINGS-PATRIOTS CONNECTIONS – Vikings’ TE Jermaine Wiggins won a Super Bowl ring with the Patriots during the 2001 season and also played part of the 2000 season for the Patriots. Wiggins is a native of East Boston, MA and was also on the N.Y. Jets’ practice squad when Patriots’ head coach Bill Belichick was on New York’s staff. Wiggins also played with Patriots’ DL Richard Seymour at Georgia…Vikings’ WR Bethel Johnson was a 2nd-round pick of the Patriots in 2003 and played three seasons for New England (2003-05)…
Patriots’ RB Laurence Maroney played at the University of Minnesota and finished his career ranked 2nd on the Gophers’ all-time rushing list…
Vikings’ G Steve Hutchinson blocked for Patriots’ QB Tom Brady at Michigan…Vikings’ LB Ben Leber played in San Diego with Patriots’ S Rodney Harrison and LB Junior Seau…
Seau was also a teammate of Vikings’ RB coach Eric Bieniemy with the Chargers…
Vikings’ CB Antoine Winfield played at Ohio State with Patriots’ LB Mike Vrabel…
Vikings’ WR Travis Taylor was a teammate of Patriots’ WRs Reche Caldwell and Jabar Gaffney at Florida…
Caldwell was also a teammate of Vikings’ LB Ben Leber with the Chargers…
Vikings’ T Bryant McKinnie played at Miami with Patriots’ DL Vince Wilfork…
Vikings’ DE Kenechi Udeze played at USC with Patriots’ QB Matt Cassel…
Vikings’ WR Marcus Robinson was in Chicago with Patriots’ LB Rosevelt Colvin and Patriots’ RB coach Ivan Fears…
Vikings’ RB Ciatrick Fason and Patriots’ WR Chad Jackson played together at Florida…
Vikings’ RB Chester Taylor played with Patriots’ T Nick Kaczur for a season at Toledo…
Vikings’ G Steve Hutchinson and Patriots’ RB Heath Evans were teammates in Seattle…
Evans also played with Vikings’ LB Dontarrious Thomas and DT Spencer Johnson at
Auburn…
Vikings’ CB Cedric Griffin and LS Cullen Loeffler played at Texas with Patriots’ TE David Thomas…
Vikings’ LB coach Fred Pagac was on the staff at Ohio State when Patriots’ defensive line coach Pepper Johnson played for the Buckeyes and also when Patriots’ LB Mike Vrabel played there…
Vikings’ WR Bethel Johnson played at Texas A&M with Patriots’ DT Ty Warren and G Billy Yates…
Vikings’ S Greg Blue and Patriots’ TE Benjamin Watson were teammates at Georgia…
Vikings’ defensive line coach Karl Dunbar played at LSU when Patriots’ TE coach Pete Mangurian coached on the Tigers’ staff and coached on the Tigers’ staff when Patriots’ LB Eric Alexander, DL Jarvis Green, and DE Marquise Hill played for LSU…
Vikings’ RB coach Eric Bieniemy was on the staff at Colorado when Patriots’ TE Daniel Graham played there…
Patriots’ area scout Monti Ossenfort was a training camp intern with the Vikings in
2001.

Old connection, but thought I would throw it out there.

Chuck finished his career there.