Steve Hutchison headlines the group of offensive guards seeking to land on our Vikings All Quarter Century Team.
Steve Hutchinson unsurprisingly won in a landslide for the honor of being the first offensive guard named to the Vikings Quarter Century Team. With him out of the running, we are left with two other guards who spent a lot of time starting for the Vikings this century.
Without further ado, let’s go ahead and find out who will be joining Hutchinson as the other offensive guard for the Vikings All Quarter Century Team!
Anthony Herrera (2004-2011)
Herrera joined the Vikings in 2004 as an undrafted free agent following a collegiate career at the University of Tennessee. He started six games as a rookie while making an appearance in 10 total contests. After being limited to two games (zero starts) in 2006, Herrera would go on to start double-digit games in every season for the Vikings through the rest of his career, including a career high 16 games in 2008.
David Dixon (1994-2004)
Dixon may be the longest-tenured Vikings offensive guards in franchise history as he started 134 games while playing in 152 total. This century, roughly half of those starts were made with 77 in 78 games played from 2000 until his career ended in 2004.
The 6’5, 343-pound Dixon was an active rugby player before joining the Arizona State football team and getting drafted by the Patriots in the ninth round back in 1992. His success was not only unlikely, but the ability to stay with one football team long enough and play in over 150 games for the same franchise is dang near miraculous.