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Vikings Summer Sensation Turned out NOT to Win Starting Job

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If you’ve followed Minnesota Vikings football in the last two months, newcomer linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. is one of the lights in your life.

The undrafted free-agent rookie barnstormed the Vikings training camp and preseason, snagging a 53-man roster spot with utter ease.

Vikings Summer Sensation Turned out NOT to Win Starting Job

But one widely-broadcast factoid about Pace Jr. was false. The man will not start for the 2023 Vikings.

Summer Sensation
Cincinnati Bearcats linebacker Ivan Pace Jr. (0) jogs back to the locker room after pregame ceremonies recognizing seniors on the roster before the first quarter during a college football game against the Tulane Green Wave, Friday, Nov.