Vikings receiver Brandon Zylstra activated off PUP, returns to practice

One of the three Vikings to start training camp on the Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list returned to practice Monday.

Receiver Brandon Zylstra, who had dealt with a nagging left hamstring injury, passed his physical and ran routes with the second-team offense during Monday’s morning walkthrough.

“It feels good,” Zylstra said. “It’s something I’ve been waiting a while for, working hard for.”

Zylstra, the Spicer, Minn. native and Concordia College graduate, missed the first three full-squad practices in a crowded receiver group. However, he returns a day after head coach Mike Zimmer lamented the young receivers’ lack of focus and precision during the start of training camp.

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