On most days at Minnesota Vikings Training Camp, second-year linebacker Eric Wilson wears the same shirt underneath his purple #50 uniform. It’s a simple black undershirt with four words down the bottom left side. The small, all-caps print is to make out from the sideline even if it’s usually visible below Wilson’s practice jersey. It reads:
PRAY
TRAIN
CONQUER
REPEAT
It’s a mantra that Wilson has taken to heart since joining the team in 2017.
As an undersized and undrafted rookie linebacker coming out of the University of Cincinnati, most pundits and fans didn’t think Wilson had much of a PRAYer to make the 53-man roster.