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“He’s starting to do it our way, the Viking way. When he first came here, he had some things that we talked about and we worked on,” Polamalu said. “He worked on his ball security, he worked on pass protection, understanding how to fit and use, he’s not a big guy, but [he uses] his strengths – his explosiveness, speed and quickness – to his advantage, and he had an outstanding offseason.”
Ham is entering his fourth NFL season. The native of Duluth, Minnesota, signed as an undrafted free agent after competing in the Vikings 2016 rookie minicamp on a tryout basis.
Ham has continued to play a larger role on offense and special teams each season, and Polamalu feels that 2019 will be an especially big opportunity for him under Offensive Coordinator Kevin Stefanski and Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Advisor Gary Kubiak, whom the Vikings hired this offseason.
“This system that Coach Stefanski and Kubiak, everybody that’s put this system together over time, [they’ve always] had that fullback, that athletic fullback-type, and this system fits him so perfect,” Polamalu. “He’s also a four-team, four-core-team specialist, another [high] character off the field.”
He added of Ham: “He’s a great husband, great son. I just love that kid.”
Polamalu will also be working with Roc Thomas and Mike Boone, both of whom joined the Vikings as undrafted free agents in 2018, and fullback Khari Blasingame, who signed with Minnesota after this year’s rookie minicamp.
Polamalu called the entire Vikings running back room “a good group.”
“They have all the skills, now we just have to keep putting them in pressure situations so that they can compete and limit the errors,” he said. “And when they do that, we have a pretty good chance.”