Five Viking NFL Free Agent Contracts

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Shaun Bodiford led the way in starting this trend.

Brennen Carvalho, C, Green Bay Packers
2007 Rimington Award (best FCS center)
Hula Bowl
Kapa'a, HI

Jordan Senn, LB, Indianapolis Colts
Academic All-American
127 tackles in 2007 (more than any Viking in 30 seasons)
320 career tackles at Portland State (second all-time)
Beaverton, OR

Olaniyi Sobomehin, FB, New Orleans Saints
6-1, 230-pound full back
Portland, OR

Daren Heerspink, RT, Miami Dolphins
6-5, 310-pound tackle
East Coast Bowl
Lynden, WA

Casey Tyler, DE, New England Patriots
6-6, 310-pound defensive end
Edmonds, WA

 

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Undrafted still means opportunity

http://media.www.dailyvanguard.com/media/storage/paper941/news/2008/04/29/Sports/Raising.Hell.From.The.Desk.Of.Nathan.Hellman-3354965.shtml


Brennan Carvalho had a feeling he would either hear his name called in the seventh, and final, round of the NFL Draft, or he would receive a call from an interested team shortly after the two-day college football shopping extravaganza concluded.

As Carvalho watched the draft with his parents and relatives from his home in Kapa'a, Hawaii, player after player came off the board, with each pick representing a lost opportunity for the former Portland State center to fulfill his dream of playing in the NFL.