Christian Darrisaw

Vikings exercised the fifth-year option on OT Christian Darrisaw.

Darrisaw will earn just over $16 million on his fifth-year extension as the 2021 first-round pick will now be under contract through 2025. Darrisaw has started 39 of the 41 games he’s appeared in for his career but has never played more than 15 games in a season due to a myriad of injuries that have left him briefly sidelined. He started every game he appeared in last season and was one of PFF’s highest-graded linemen. Darrisaw earned an overall offensive grade of 82.4, while his pass-blocking grade of 85.3 ranked third-highest amongst all tackles (min. 300 snaps). We’d expect a long-term contract to be in his hands in the near future, but Darrisaw may need to wait until Justin Jefferson’s extension is secured before the team moves on to hammering out his deal.