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Vikings-Titans Connections
Vikings receiver Tajaé Sharpe played for the Titans from 2016-19. He was drafted by Tennessee in the fifth round of the 2016 NFL Draft and totaled 92 receptions for 1,167 yards and eight scores in 47 games with the Titans.
Vikings running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu spent six months on the Titans coaching staff in 2010.
Titans tight end MyCole Pruitt was a fifth-round pick of the Vikings in 2015. He appeared in all 16 games and made three starts as a rookie. He played in two games for Minnesota in 2016 before joining Chicago. Pruitt played on game for Houston in 2017 and joined Tennessee in 2018.
Titans fullback/running back Khari Blasingame signed with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2019. Tennessee signed Blasingame off Minnesota's practice squad in November.
Titans tight ends coach Todd Downing coached Vikings tight ends in 2018. Downing, a native of Eden Prairie, began his coaching career in Minnesota as a Vikings intern and coaching assistant (2001-02) and followed as a football systems analyst (2003-04) and offensive quality control coach (2005).
Titans defensive lineman Jeffery Simmons' brother, Dylan Bradley, signed with the Vikings as a rookie free agent in 2017. Bradley spent that season on the Vikings practice squad.
Professional Connections
Vikings P Britton Colquitt and Titans P Brett Kern competed for the Broncos punting job in 2009. Kern won the gig but was released by Denver after six games and immediately claimed by Tennessee. Colquitt returned to Denver in December 2009 and first played for the Broncos in 2010.
Minnesota QB Kirk Cousins and Tennessee LB Will Compton were teammates in Washington, overlapping from 2013-17.
Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones and backup Titans QB Logan Woodside overlapped with the Bengals.
Minnesota Special Teams Coordinator Marwan Maalouf overlapped with Tennessee QB Ryan Tannehill, RB Senorise Perry and G/C Jamil Douglas with the Miami Dolphins.
Vikings Co-Defensive Coordinator Adam Zimmer was assistant linebackers coach of the Chiefs in 2010 when Titans Head Coach Mike Vrabel played linebacker in Kansas City.
Titans CB Johnathan Joseph played for Vikings Head Coach Mike Zimmer (then Bengals defensive coordinator) in Cincinnati from 2008-10 and for Offensive Coordinator Gary Kubiak (then Texans head coach) in Houston from 2011-13.
Vikings backup QB Sean Mannion teamed with Titans G Rodger Saffold III while they were with the Rams, overlapping from 2015-18.
College Connections
Vikings WR Justin Jefferson and Titans CB Kristian Fulton teamed at LSU.
Minnesota TE Irv Smith, Jr., and Tennessee LB Rashaan Evans teamed at Alabama.
Vikings DT Jaleel Johnson and Titans S Amani Hooker teamed at Iowa.
Minnesota CB Cameron Dantzler and Tennessee DT Jeffery Simmons teamed at Mississippi State.
Vikings RB Ameer Abdullah teamed at Nebraska with Titans LB Will Compton and S Joshua Kalu.
Minnesota C Garrett Bradbury and Tennessee DE Larrell Murchison teamed at N.C. State.
Vikings LBs Eric Kendricks and Anthony Barr (on Injured Reserve) teamed with Titans LB Jayon Brown at UCLA.
Minnesota Co-Defensive Coordinator Andre Patterson and assistant defensive line coach Imarjaye Albury, Sr., overlapped with Tennessee TE Jonnu Smith at Florida International.
Vikings running backs coach Kennedy Polamalu overlapped with Titans LB Jayon Brown and DE Matt Dickerson at UCLA.
Minnesota quarterbacks coach Klint Kubiak was at Texas A&M with Tennessee QB Ryan Tannehill.
Local connections
Vikings safety Harrison Smith grew up in Knoxville, Tennessee. He won 2006 Gatorade Player of the Year and Tennessee Mr. Football Back of the Year in Class 3A honors during his final season at Knoxville Catholic High School.
Vikings punter Britton Colquitt also is from Knoxville. He punted collegiately at the University of Tennessee after earning All-State honors in his junior and senior.
Vikings Senior Defensive Assistant Dom Capers served as defensive backs coach at the University of Tennessee from 1980-81.
Titans safety Amani Hooker is from Minneapolis. He played at Park Center High School and was First-Team All-State and a finalist for Minnesota's Mr. Football Award in 2015.
Titans cornerback Chris Jackson was born in Minneapolis.