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Vikings guard David Yankey beefs up efforts to start after benched season

Vikings offensive lineman David Yankey — a two-time All-America at Stanford — was a healthy scratch for all of 2014 because coach Mike Zimmer said he wasn’t physically strong enough.

David Yankey walked off the practice field Thursday, beads of sweat still making their descent down his wide face, and began listing off all of the things he learned during his silent rookie season.

There were plenty of lessons that one could pick up in a meeting room with veteran offensive linemen like John Sullivan and Joe Berger. There were “all those little technical things” that offensive line coach Jeff Davidson had tried to hammer home.