EAGAN, Minn. -- Dallas Turner suddenly stopped Thursday as he walked onto the Minnesota Vikings' practice field. The rookie linebacker then turned and kneeled at one of the memorials the team has set up for Khyree Jackson, a fourth-round pick who was killed in a car accident earlier this month.
Turner, who played two seasons with Jackson at Alabama before the pair were reunited in the Vikings' 2024 draft class, spent more than a minute in solitude before rising and joining his teammates.
Speaking to reporters for the first time since Jackson's death, Turner said: "I talk to him all the time .