{"id":71857,"date":"2024-07-08T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/227b8c28d07688e4061c9f32"},"modified":"2024-07-08T00:00:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-08T00:00:12","slug":"minnesota-vikings-every-player-to-wear-no-71-highlighted-by-phil-loadholt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/minnesota-vikings-every-player-to-wear-no-71-highlighted-by-phil-loadholt\/","title":{"rendered":"Minnesota Vikings: Every player to wear No. 71 highlighted by Phil Loadholt"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ng-sportingnews.com\/s3\/files\/styles\/crop_style_16_9_desktop\/s3\/2024-07\/USATSI_8164863.jpg?h=8438c985&amp;itok=Mb-Uhc_a\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<div readability=\"17.236074270557\">\n<p>The <span class=\"waslinkname\">Minnesota Vikings<\/span> have had a lot of talented players throughout their 60-plus-year history.<\/p>\n<p>They have the most wins for a franchise that has never won the Super Bowl and made four appearances in the biggest game of the year, tied for the most among teams that have never won a world title.<\/p>\n<p>Despite all of that, the Vikings have found a way to select eight Hall of Famers and signed two more who were undrafted free agents. They have been one of the more successful and storied franchises in the National Football League.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a look at every player to wear No. 71 with the Vikings (via&nbsp;<span class=\"waslinkname\">Pro Football Reference<\/span>):<\/p>\n<h2>Every Minnesota Vikings player to wear No. 71<\/h2>\n<h3>OT Christian Darrisaw 2021-2024<\/h3>\n<h3>OT Riley Reiff 2017-2020<\/h3>\n<h3>OT Andre Smith 2016<\/h3>\n<h3>OT Phil Loadholt 2009-2014<\/h3>\n<h3>DT Jimmy Kennedy 2008<\/h3>\n<h3>OG David Dixon 1994-2004<\/h3>\n<h3>OL Bernard Dafney 1992-1993<\/h3>\n<h3>NT Ken Clarke 1989-1991<\/h3>\n<h3>OG Mark MacDonald 1985-1988<\/h3>\n<h3>OT Derek Burton 1987<\/h3>\n<h3>OT John Vella 1980<\/h3>\n<h3>DT Steve Niehaus 1979<\/h3>\n<h3>DE Dave Boone 1974<\/h3>\n<h3>OT Doug Davis 1966-1972<\/h3>\n<h3>OG Larry Bowie 1962<\/h3>\n<h3>DT Ed Culpepper 1961<\/h3>\n<h3><strong><em>Make sure to check out&nbsp;our <span class=\"waslinkname\">home page<\/span>&nbsp;every day for the best and latest Minnesota Vikings news and analysis.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><iframe allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nUeEtOA5eJQ?si=l2HLmwwTDHOH4vWb\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"560\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Minnesota Vikings have had a lot of talented players throughout their 60-plus-year history. They have the most wins for a franchise that has never won the Super Bowl and made four appearances in the biggest game of the year, tied for the most among teams that have never won a world title. Despite all &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71857","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sport","no-thumb","no-post-featured"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71857"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71857"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71857\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wp.timesamerica.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}