No. 71 – Minnesota Vikings | |||||
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Position: | Offensive tackle | ||||
Personal information | |||||
Born: | Petersburg, Virginia, U.S. | June 2, 1999||||
Height: | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||
Weight: | 315 lb (143 kg) | ||||
Career information | |||||
High school: | Riverdale Baptist (Upper Marlboro, Maryland) | ||||
College: | Virginia Tech (2018–2020) | ||||
NFL draft: | 2021 / Round: 1 / Pick: 23 | ||||
Career history | |||||
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Roster status: | Active | ||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||
Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |||||
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Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
Christian Darrisaw (born June 2, 1999) is an American football offensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Virginia Tech and was selected by the Vikings in the first round of the 2021 NFL Draft.
Darrisaw was born on June 2, 1999, in Petersburg, Virginia. He attended Riverdale Baptist School in Upper Marlboro, Maryland, where he played at left tackle for their football team. He committed to play college football for the Virginia Tech Hokies of Virginia Tech, the only NCAA FBS offer he received, but was assigned by the school to attend Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Virginia for academic reasons. [1]
Darrisaw rejoined Virginia Tech in 2018 and started at left tackle for the Hokies. [2] [3] [4] He would later start every game during the 2019 and 2020 seasons, being named to the first-team All-Atlantic Coast Conference team in the latter. [5]
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | |||||||||
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6 ft 4+3⁄4 in (1.95 m) | 322 lb (146 kg) | 34+1⁄4 in (0.87 m) | 9+1⁄4 in (0.23 m) | |||||||||
All values from Pro Day [6] |
Following the 2020 season he declared for the 2021 NFL Draft, in which he was selected by the Minnesota Vikings in the first round, 23rd overall. [7] On May 14, 2021, Darrisaw signed his four-year rookie contract with the Vikings. [8] Darrisaw missed the first four games of his rookie season with a groin injury. [9]
On April 29, 2024, the Vikings picked up the fifth-year option on Darrisaw's contract. [10]
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Bold | Career high |
Year | Team | Games | Offense | ||||||||
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GP | GS | Snaps | Pct | Holding | False start | Decl/Pen | Acpt/Pen | ||||
2021 | MIN | 12 | 10 | 653 | 84% | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||
2022 | MIN | 14 | 14 | 853 | 88% | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | ||
2023 | MIN | 8 | 8 | 532 | 99% | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Career | 34 | 32 | 2,038 | 90% | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 |
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