Of the players on the Vikings' initial 53-man roster for the 2023 season, five have carried the ball at least 10 times in a NFL season. One is a running back (Alexander Mattison). Two (Brandon Powell and Jalen Reagor) are wide receivers, and two (Kirk Cousins and Nick Mullens) are quarterbacks.
One cornerback on the opening roster (Byron Murphy Jr.) has played more than 200 defensive snaps in a single season. Three members of the front seven (Danielle Hunter, D.J. Wonnum and Patrick Jones) had at least four sacks last season. Twenty-two players predate General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and coach Kevin O'Connell's 2022 arrivals in Minnesota; 21 players are in their first or second seasons.