Eden Prairie, MN (December 2, 2015) – Vikings T Phil Loadholt has been selected as the club’s 2015 Ed Block Courage Award recipient by his teammates. A respected team leader who is active in charitable efforts off the field and supporting teammates initiatives has been on injured reserve since suffering a preseason Achilles injury.
Originally a 2nd-round pick by the Vikings in 2009 out of Oklahoma, Loadholt has started all 89 career games he has played and an additional 3 playoff contests. He ranks 9th in club history for starts by an OT and was named to the 2009 All-Rookie team when he started all 16 regular season games and both playoff games as the team advanced to the NFC Championship Game.