The Minnesota Vikings are going through an interesting 2025 off-season. Whether to pay Sam Darnold a long term contract or not has loomed over the franchise ever since they were eliminated in the playoffs.
However, one free agent has decided to return on a big two-year deal.
Breaking: Vikings Agree To Massive 2-Year Deal
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, running back Aaron Jones will re-sign with the Minnesota Vikings for two years and $20 million:
Jones signed a one-year contract worth $7 million with the Vikings last spring after turning down a pay cut from the Green Bay Packers. That made Jones the latest in a long line of Packers castoffs to join their divisional rival, a group that also includes quarterback Brett Favre, receiver Greg Jennings and placekicker Ryan Longwell.
Knowing Jones had endured a series of injuries in recent years and was approaching his 30th birthday, Vikings coach Kevin O’Connell initially planned to use him in a committee system. But Jones quickly ascended to a feature back role and went on to have one of the most active and productive seasons of his career.
Here is a look at Jones’ 2024 stats:
| Rushing | Receiving | Fumbles | Snap Counts | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rk | Gcar | Gtm | Week | Date | Team | Opp | Result | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Tgt | Rec | Yds | TD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | FRTD | OffSnp | Off% | DefSnp | Def% | STSnp | ST% | |||||
| 1 | 98 | 1 | 1 | 2024-09-08 | MIN | @ | NYG | W, 28-6 | * | 14 | 94 | 1 | 6.7 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | 100.0 | 7.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 54.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 2 | 99 | 2 | 2 | 2024-09-15 | MIN | SFO | W, 23-17 | * | 9 | 32 | 0 | 3.6 | 6 | 5 | 36 | 7.2 | 0 | 83.3 | 6.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 61.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 3 | 100 | 3 | 3 | 2024-09-22 | MIN | HOU | W, 34-7 | * | 19 | 102 | 0 | 5.4 | 6 | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 1 | 83.3 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 60.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 4 | 101 | 4 | 4 | 2024-09-29 | MIN | @ | GNB | W, 31-29 | * | 22 | 93 | 0 | 4.2 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 0 | 80.0 | 9.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 82.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 5 | 102 | 5 | 5 | 2024-10-06 | MIN | NYJ | W, 23-17 | * | 7 | 29 | 0 | 4.1 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 0 | 100.0 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 21.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 6 | 103 | 6 | 7 | 2024-10-20 | MIN | DET | L, 29-31 | * | 14 | 93 | 1 | 6.6 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 100.0 | 7.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 71.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 7 | 104 | 7 | 8 | 2024-10-24 | MIN | @ | LAR | L, 20-30 | * | 19 | 58 | 0 | 3.1 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 100.0 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 92.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 8 | 105 | 8 | 9 | 2024-11-03 | MIN | IND | W, 21-13 | * | 21 | 64 | 0 | 3.0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 100.0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 75.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 9 | 106 | 9 | 10 | 2024-11-10 | MIN | @ | JAX | W, 12-7 | * | 17 | 88 | 0 | 5.2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 66.7 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 52.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 10 | 107 | 10 | 11 | 2024-11-17 | MIN | @ | TEN | W, 23-13 | * | 15 | 39 | 0 | 2.6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 100.0 | 4.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 53.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 11 | 108 | 11 | 12 | 2024-11-24 | MIN | @ | CHI | W, 30-27 (OT) | * | 22 | 106 | 1 | 4.8 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 0 | 75.0 | 5.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 78.9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 12 | 109 | 12 | 13 | 2024-12-01 | MIN | ARI | W, 23-22 | * | 5 | 22 | 0 | 4.4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 1 | 75.0 | 1.5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 52.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 13 | 110 | 13 | 14 | 2024-12-08 | MIN | ATL | W, 42-21 | * | 13 | 73 | 1 | 5.6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 0 | 100.0 | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 63.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 14 | 111 | 14 | 15 | 2024-12-16 | MIN | CHI | W, 30-12 | * | 18 | 86 | 1 | 4.8 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 66.7 | 6.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 61.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 15 | 112 | 15 | 16 | 2024-12-22 | MIN | @ | SEA | W, 27-24 | * | 18 | 67 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 0 | 60.0 | 5.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 81.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 16 | 113 | 16 | 17 | 2024-12-29 | MIN | GNB | W, 27-25 | * | 12 | 47 | 0 | 3.9 | 5 | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 0 | 80.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 51.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| 17 | 114 | 17 | 18 | 2025-01-05 | MIN | @ | DET | L, 9-31 | * | 10 | 45 | 0 | 4.5 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 83.3 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 61.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| 14-3 | 255 | 1138 | 5 | 4.5 | 62 | 51 | 408 | 8.0 | 2 | 82.3 | 6.6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 700 | 62.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||||
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