Pro Football Reference lists 27,145 men who have played an NFL game. Only 337 of them have played at least 200. Eight of those select ironmen will reside forever in the Star Tribune Minnesota Sports Hall of Fame when former Vikings Paul Krause, Scott Studwell and the late Mick Tingelhoff are honored during Wednesday's induction ceremonies at the Mall of America.
"We were team-first guys who respected the team, the fans, what it means to be a Viking," Krause said. "Basically, everyone on Bud Grant's teams did that. We laced it up and played."
Tingelhoff played 240 games, Krause 226 and Studwell 201.