Vikings Make Underwhelming Signing at Safety

The Minnesota Vikings have been unsuspectedly quiet through the first six or seven hours of the NFL negotiating period. With dozens of the best free agents already off the board, the Vikings have very little to show for all the big talk they were doing about being aggressive at the start of free agency.

But, they have agreed to terms or signed a couple of free agents in their secondary this afternoon. First, they signed career backup Isaiah Rodgers (Eagles) to a starting level contract worth a total of $15 million. He will slot into the cornerback room somewhere below CB1, depending on who else the MN Vikings can sign to help slow opposing passing attacks in 2025.

Minnesota Vikings sign depth safety, Bubba Bolden

Their only other signing so far is at safety, but not the type of safety that the Vikings hope to slot into their starting defense, in place of the now departed Cam Bynum. Instead, they signed 25-year-old safety Bubba Bolden, who brings zero games of NFL regular season experience to TCO Performance Center.

The former Miami Hurricane CB most recent playing experience was in the UFL as a member of the Birmingham Stallions. In College, Bolden played in 13 games at USC as a freshman in 2017 — 7 tackles, 0 INT, 0 passes defended — before transferring to Miami (FL) before the 2019 season.

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In three collegiate seasons with the Hurricanes (2019-2021), Bubba Bolden totalled 85 tackles, 11 TFL, 2 sacks, 2 interceptions and 6 passes defended. He also forced four fumbles in 2020, by far his best collegiate season.