ANDRE PATTERSON DEFENSIVE LINE COACH

ANDRE PATTERSON

DEFENSIVE LINE COACH MINNESOTA VIKINGS

What Andre Patterson has done with the Vikings defensive line since he joined the team in 2014 is nothing short of spectacular.

Perhaps most impressive, is that he's built and coached arguably the top defensive line in the NFL without a single first or second round draft pick

What he's done is simple: focused on player development. ? A PLAN for every player to succeed ? A focus on TECHNIQUE and FUNDAMENTALS ? Recognize every player has DIFFERENT NEEDS, SKILLS and WAYS OF LEARNING

o one single 3rd round pick

Danielle Hunter/2015 ? 53.5 career sacks in 5 seasons ? Most sacks of anyone in 2015 Draft class ? Fastest player to 50 sacks in NFL history ? 2 Pro Bowls (2018, 2019) ? NFL All-Rookie Team (2015) ? Youngest player in the NFL in 2015 (20)

...without a single 1st or 2nd round draft pick

o three 4th round picks

Everson Griffen/2009 ? In his first season under Andre in 2014, he more than doubled his career best tackle and sack production, earning Vikings Defensive MVP honors ? Since Andre's first season with him, Griff earned 3 consecutive Pro Bowl honors, 2015-2017 and had a career-high 13 sacks in 2017

Jaleel Johnson/2017 ? Played in all 16 games in 2018 ? Career-high 3.5 sacks in 2019

Jalyn Holmes/2018

...without a single 1st or 2nd round draft pick

o one 6th round pick Armon Watts/2019

o three 7th rounders Ifeadi Odenigbo/2017 ? Went from cut at the 53 in 2017 to on/off Vikings and other practice squads; to cut; returned to Vikings in 2018 ? Breakout season in 2019, with 5 Sacks

Shamar Stephen/2014 ? #4 ranked interior defensive lineman (Pro Football Focus) in 2018 ? Played in 40% of the defensive snaps on the #1 ranked Vikings defense in 2017 ? In 2014, Stephen was the only Vikings rookie to play in all 16 games, and he registered at least one tackle in every game

Stephen Weatherly/2017 ? Breakout year in 2018, with 35 tackles and 3.5 sacks

o one undrafted player Hercules Mata'fala/2018

...without a single 1st or 2nd round draft pick

o one unrestricted free agent

Linval Joseph/NYG ? After joining the Vikings in 2014, Joseph had the 3 most productive years of his career in 2016-2018 ? The only interior defensive linemen to record at least 58 tackles in each of the past 3 seasons are Joseph and Damon "Snacks" Harrison ? 2 Pro Bowls since joining the Vikings (2016-2017) ? 2015 Vikings Defensive Player of the Year

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