EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. — The man who will sound the Gjallarhorn to announce the arrival of the Vikings for Sunday’s Wild Card game against the Seahawks is a player who helped Minnesota make the postseason.
Vikings tight end Rhett Ellison suffered a torn patellar tendon in Minnesota’s Week 17 victory at Green Bay. The injury requires an estimated six months of recovery, forcing the 2012 fourth-round pick to miss the Vikings first postseason trip since his rookie season. Ellison, however, will be with teammates in spirit, starting with his sounding of the Gjallarhorn.
A testament of grit, toughness and the embodiment of a great teammate, Ellison’s work ethic is so strong it affects the pride of Vikings administrators, coaches and players who know the amount of dirty work and variety of jobs he accepted to help the Vikings win their first division crown since 2009.