{"id":878267,"date":"2026-04-30T01:12:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:12:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/878267\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T01:12:27","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T01:12:27","slug":"colts-free-agent-and-former-draft-pick-signs-with-vikings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/878267\/","title":{"rendered":"Colts’ free agent and former draft pick signs with Vikings"},"content":{"rendered":"

Indianapolis Colts’<\/a> free agent defensive tackle, and former draft pick, has been signed by the Minnesota Vikings<\/a>, the team announced<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It is reportedly a one-year deal<\/a> for Johnson.<\/p>\n

Johnson was a fifth-round pick by the Colts<\/a> in the 2022 NFL draft. After spending his first two seasons in Indianapolis, Johnson was released during roster cutdowns in 2024 and was then claimed on waivers by the Patriots<\/a>, where he spent that season.<\/p>\n

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Johnson was then released by New England<\/a> in May of the 2025 season and was claimed by the Colts, rejoining Indianapolis for last season.<\/p>\n

He would appear in 12 games with the Colts in 2025, filling a rotational role. He would record two pressures and five tackles, according to PFF<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As a free agent this offseason, the Colts went in a different direction, as they reshaped their defensive tackle depth. This included trading for Colby Wooden<\/a> and signing free agents Jerry Tillery<\/a> and Derrick Nnadi<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In four NFL seasons, Johnson has appeared in 51 games<\/a>, recording one sack, a fumble recovery, and 41 total tackles.<\/p>\n

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This article originally appeared on Colts Wire: Minnesota Vikings sign former Indianapolis Colts’ DT Eric Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Indianapolis Colts’ free agent defensive tackle, and former draft pick, has been signed by the Minnesota Vikings, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2059],"tags":[21255,2005,2793,21126,7494,18260,7,194,2004,392,2381,25309,259,1167,6,208],"class_list":["post-878267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-indianapolis-colts","tag-colby-wooden","tag-colts","tag-defensive-tackle","tag-derrick-nnadi","tag-draft-pick","tag-eric-johnson","tag-football","tag-free-agent","tag-indianapolis","tag-indianapolis-colts","tag-indianapoliscolts","tag-jerry-tillery","tag-minnesota-vikings","tag-new-england","tag-nfl","tag-patriots"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116491002975874012","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=878267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/878267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=878267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=878267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=878267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}