The Vikings appeared to suffer their worst injury of training camp when tackle Aviante Collins was carted off the field with a left leg injury suffered during a live goal-line running play early in Thursday’s practice.
Collins, who missed all last season while recovering from surgery to repair a torn biceps, is competing with Rashod Hill for the swing tackle job behind starters Riley Reiff and Brian O’Neill. Collins was playing left tackle when he went down and was replaced on the second unit by Storm Norton.
Undrafted out of Texas Christian in 2017, Collins impressed the coaching staff with how well he played in the 23-10 bye-clinching, Week 17 victory over the Bears that season.