Troy Stoudermire has had a unique pro football journey since graduating from the University of Minnesota in May 2012, and now he’s made it back here as a free-agent signee with the Vikings.
Stoudermire signed with the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted rookie free agent in 2013 as a defensive back; there, he got his first experience working under then-defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer, but he was released in training camp. He then went to the Canadian Football League, first spending the rest of 2013 on the Saskatchewan Roughriders practice roster, then joining the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in 2014.