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The Vikings on Wednesday opened 2021 free agency by announcing they have The agreed to terms with Tomlinson, who is expected to pair alongside 2020 free agent addition (and COVID-19 opt-out) Michael Pierce is expected to bolster a run defense that struggled last season. He was listed by the Giants at 6-foot-3 and 319 pounds. Here are five things to know about the Georgia native and newest member of the Vikings defensive line: 1. Durability for DT Tomlinson is the only member of the entire 2017 NFL Draft class to start every game possible in the past four seasons (Denver tackle Garett Bolles missed one game in 2020 or would have joined him). In addition to being impressive among draft classmates, Tomlinson s run of durability has made him the NFL s active leader in starts by a defensive tackle (64 games). ....
Dalvin Tomlinson Signs Free Agency Contract with Vikings The first Bama Pro to sign during the Free Agency Frenzy period is defensive lineman Dalvin Tomlinson, who reportedly agreed to a two-year, $20 million deal Monday night to play with the Minnesota Vikings. @MySportsUpdate was the first to report the signing, while NFL Insider Ian Rapoport first reported the specifics of the deal. A second-round pick in the 2017 NFL Draft, Tomlinson put in four productive years for the New York Giants, racking up 207 tackles, 21 for loss, 20 QB hits and eights sacks. Seven of his sacks and 19 of the QB Hits came in the past two seasons as Tomlinson has developed as an interior pass-rushing threat. ....
Copied! EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. – As a student at Henry County High School just south of Atlanta, Dalvin Tomlinson was called the renaissance man. He was an outstanding student who could have attended Harvard. Tomlinson was an all-state football player, three-time heavyweight wrestling champion and a goalie and striker on the school s soccer team. He was an artist who excelled at drawing with pencils. Tomlinson is also a talented musician who can play the drums, trumpets and xylophones. But Tomlinson s most impressive skill was clearing the hurdles life kept placing in front of him and thriving on the other side. His father, Willie, died when he was just five years old. Tomlinson was very close to his mother, Melinda, but she passed away suddenly just prior to his senior year of high school. That year, he tore his ACL playing soccer. After enrolling at the University of Alabama and sitting out a season, Tomlinson s other ACL ripped apart, forcing this active youn ....
All 32 NFL franchises have announced their nominees for Walter Payton Man of the Year and among the nominees are three former Alabama Crimson Tide players. ....