NFL suspends Vikings' Jordan Addison for 3 games over DUI case
[August 06, 2025]
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison
was suspended for three games by the NFL on Tuesday for violating the
league's personal conduct policy for a drunken driving case last year.
Addison avoided a trial by pleading no contest to a lesser charge last
month, after facing two misdemeanor DUIs for his arrest on July 12,
2024, when a California Highway Patrol officer found him asleep in his
vehicle that was blocking a lane on an interstate exit near Los Angeles
International Airport. |
Minnesota Vikings wide receiver Jordan Addison (3) takes part in drills
during the team's NFL football training camp Wednesday, July 23, 2025,
in Eagan, Minn. (AP Photo/Abbie Parr) |
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Addison will be permitted to practice and play
in exhibition games before the suspension kicks in for games
against Chicago, Atlanta and Cincinnati.
Addison, the 23rd pick of the 2023 draft, has 19 touchdowns and
1,786 receiving yards in his first two seasons to form a
dominant duo with two-time All-Pro Justin Jefferson. But he was
arrested for excessive speeding the week before training camp of
his rookie year, and the drunken driving arrest last offseason
came after another dangerous off-the-field decision. Addison was
contrite and remorseful upon reporting to training camp last
year, praising the Vikings for their support after he said he
was in a “dark place” after the arrest.
Without Addison for the first three games, new starting
quarterback J.J. McCarthy will need to lean on depth wide
receivers such as Jalen Nailor, rookie Tai Felton and newcomer
Rondale Moore if he's ready to play following his ACL
rehabilitation. Tight ends T.J. Hockenson and Josh Oliver and
running back Aaron Jones also figure to be vital options during
Addison's absence to help keep defenses from keying more heavily
on Jefferson than they already do.
Addison, who finished his college career at USC after starting
at Pittsburgh, matched Odell Beckham Jr. for the fourth-most
touchdown receptions in league history by players before their
23rd birthday. Randy Moss (28), Rob Gronkowski (27) and Ja’Marr
Chase (22) were the only ones with more.
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