Bralon Addison

Bralon Addison (born October 12, 1993) is an American gridiron football wide receiver for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Oregon.

Bralon Addison
Minnesota Vikings
Position:Wide receiver
Personal information
Born: (1993-10-12) October 12, 1993
Missouri City, Texas
Height:5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight:197 lb (89 kg)
Career information
High school:Missouri City (TX) Hightower
College:Oregon
Undrafted:2016
Career history
 * Offseason and/or practice squad member only
Roster status:Active
CFL status:American
Career highlights and awards
Career NFL statistics as of 2019
Receptions:1
Receiving yards:11
Receiving touchdowns:0
Return yards:21
Return touchdowns:0
Player stats at NFL.com
Career CFL statistics
Receptions:103
Receiving yards:1,349
Receiving touchdowns:8
Player stats at CFL.ca

Early years

Addison attended Hightower High School in Missouri City, Texas. He played predominately quarterback his senior and junior years and wide receiver his sophomore year. He had thrown for 2,158 passing yards, 22 passing touchdowns, had 1,625 rushing yards and 20 rushing touchdowns as a senior. As a junior, he passed for 1,858 yards with 28 touchdowns and rushed for 1,068 yards and 15 touchdowns. Addison was rated by Rivals.com as a four-star recruit and committed to the University of Oregon to play college football.[1][2]

College career

As a true freshman at Oregon in 2012, Addison played in all 13 games and had 22 receptions for 243 yards. As a sophomore in 2013, Addison started 11 of 13 games, recording 61 receptions for 890 yards and seven touchdowns. He also returned two punt returns for touchdowns. Addison missed 2014 due to a torn ACL suffered during spring practice.[3] He came close to playing in the 2015 College Football Playoff National Championship, but was not completely healed in time for the game.[4][5] Addison returned from the injury to play in all 13 games in 2015. He finished with 63 receptions for 804 yards, 10 receiving touchdowns, two rushing touchdowns and one punt return touchdown. After the season, he entered the 2016 NFL Draft.[6]

Professional career

Denver Broncos

After going undrafted in the 2016 NFL Draft, Addison was signed by the Denver Broncos. On August 30, 2016, Addison was waived by the Broncos during roster cuts.[7]

Chicago Bears

On December 5, 2016, Addison was signed to the Bears' practice squad.[8] He was promoted to the active roster on December 20, 2016.[9] On May 1, 2017, Addison was waived by the Bears.[10]

Toronto Argonauts

On April 18, 2018, Addison signed with the Toronto Argonauts.[11] Addison did not play a game for the Argos before he was released by the team on August 25, 2018.

Hamilton Tiger-Cats

On September 1, 2018, Addison signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.[12] Addison played 4 regular season games for Hamilton. In the final game of the year, Addison had 7 catches for 103 yards and a touchdown; Addison had only one catch for 10 yards the rest of the year. To explain Addison's playing time at the expense of CFL veteran Terrell Sinkfield, head coach June Jones jokingly replied about Addison, "He's better."[13] While Sinkfield was inactive for both playoff games, Addison caught 5 passes for 124 yards in Hamilton's 48-8 victory over the BC Lions, and had 12 catches for 129 yards in the CFL East final, a loss to Ottawa. Addison continued his strong play into the 2019 season and was named a CFL Top Performer for the month of September.[14]

Minnesota Vikings

On January 21, 2020, Addison signed a reserve/future contract with the Minnesota Vikings of the NFL.[15]

References
  1. "Rivals.com". sports.yahoo.com.
  2. "Hightower's Bralon Addison picks Oregon over Texas A&M". February 1, 2012.
  3. "Oregon wide receiver Bralon Addison tears ACL in knee and could miss 2014 season".
  4. "Dontre Wilson, Bralon Addison struggle with whether to play".
  5. Oregon WR Bralon Addison remains out for national title game Archived April 5, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
  6. "Oregon Ducks receiver Bralon Addison declares for NFL draft".
  7. Mason, Andrew. "Broncos release Britton Colquitt, make three other moves to get down to 75". DenverBroncos.com. Archived from the original on August 31, 2016. Retrieved September 1, 2016.
  8. Mayer, Larry (December 5, 2016). "Bears add veteran Banks to secondary". ChicagoBears.com. Archived from the original on February 12, 2017.
  9. Eurich, Matt (December 20, 2016). "Bears add Bralon Addison to active roster". CBSSports.com.
  10. Mayer, Larry (May 1, 2017). "Bears ink Boggs, waive six players". ChicagoBears.com.
  11. "Argos sign WR Bralon Addison and LB Durell Eskridge – Toronto Argonauts". April 18, 2018.
  12. "Ticats add five players to practice roster – Hamilton Tiger-Cats". September 1, 2018.
  13. https://www.cfl.ca/2018/11/11/ferguson-bralon-addison-answer-ticats/
  14. Staff, TSN ca (October 2, 2019). "Hamilton Tiger-Cats' Bralon Addison, Dane Evans lead Top Performers for September - TSN.ca". TSN. Retrieved October 2, 2019.
  15. Williams, Charean (January 21, 2020). "Vikings sign former CFL receiver Bralon Addison". Pro Football Talk. NBC Sports.
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