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Kevin Seifert
Minnesota Vikings large receiver Jordan Addison has been suspended for the primary three video games of the NFL season for violating the league’s substances of abuse coverage, it was introduced Tuesday.
Addison, who has spent the previous two seasons because the Vikings’ No. 2 receiver, will miss the opener on the Chicago Bears after which house video games in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons and Cincinnati Bengals.
He’ll be eligible to return for the Vikings’ Week 4 recreation in opposition to the Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin. Within the meantime, Addison is allowed to proceed to take part in all coaching camp actions with the Vikings, together with preseason video games.
Addison pleaded no contest July 17 to a lesser cost to resolve a 2024 DUI quotation. The plea settlement — a cost of moist reckless driving on a freeway — made him topic to NFL self-discipline, because it acknowledges the usage of alcohol in a driving incident.
He agreed to pay a $390 positive and obtained 12 months of probation, which agent Tim Youthful stated could possibly be lower in half if he completes two on-line programs.
Addison, the Vikings’ first-round choose in 2023, was charged in July 2024 with driving drunk and driving with not less than a .08% blood alcohol focus after a West Los Angeles police officer discovered him asleep on the wheel of a white Rolls-Royce that was blocking a lane of I-105 westbound close to Los Angeles Worldwide Airport.
The incident occurred almost a yr after Addison was cited for driving 140 mph on a Minnesota freeway in July 2023. He subsequently agreed to plead responsible to a misdemeanor rushing cost, with a cost of reckless driving dismissed. He paid $686 in fines.
In two seasons with the Vikings, Addison has began 29 video games, totaling 133 catches for 1,786 yards and 19 touchdowns.
The highest candidate to exchange him within the Vikings’ beginning lineup is fourth-year receiver Jalen Nailor, who began seven video games in 2024.
