A familiar face to carry the rock on Saturday

The Minnesota Vikings continue to make moves ahead of their 2024 preseason finale against the Philadelphia Eagles this Saturday, adding a running back to the roster today that local fans might get a bit excited about.

The team has announced the signing of former Minnesota Golden Gophers running back Mohamed Ibrahim.

Ibrahim, as most folks who follow us know, holds every significant rushing record in the history of Golden Gophers football. In his college career, he carried the ball 867 times for 4,668 yards and 53 touchdowns. He was a two-time All-Big Ten performer (2020, 2022) and a Third-Team All-American in 2022. He went undrafted in 2023 and wound up signing with the Detroit Lions, being elevated for one game and suffering an injury on special teams that ended his season.

Again, as we’ve said about a lot of the players the team has signed over the past few days, they haven’t got a lot of time to make an impression, but at this point most of them are probably playing for potential practice squad spots. Still, this is one signing that I hope works out. Ibrahim was outstanding in college but got a lot of carries for the Gophers so it will be interesting to see what he might have in the tank.

In order to make room on the roster for Ibrahim and Chuck Filiaga, who we mentioned yesterday, the team has waived tight end Trey Knox with an injury designation and also waived cornerback Jacobi Francis. If Knox clears waivers, he will revert to the Vikings’ injured reserve list. Francis was not waived with that same designation.

Welcome (back) to Minnesota, Mohamed Ibrahim!