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Former Badger Stave Hoping To Make NFL Jump With Vikings

EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. (WCCO) — The Minnesota Vikings off season camps are a chance to look at many players on the bubble and begin to evaluate if they have a chance to make the 53-man roster.

Gopher football fans are familiar with one quarterback: Wisconsin’s Joel Stave signed as a free agent. Now it’s time for Stave to make the big jump from the Big 10.

Gophers fans remember that he was part of this: Keeping the axe in Madison. But his Big Ten career was defined by playing a lot for a program that allowed him to develop with a run-first mentality.