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Vikings sign WR Jacob Copeland, waive WR Cephus Johnson III

The Minnesota Vikings swapped UDFA wide receivers by signing Jacob Copeland and waiving Cephus Johnson III.

The Minnesota Vikings are continuing to look at outside talent to help the team. On Monday morning, they signed rookie free agent wide receiver Jacob Copeland and waived wide receiver Cephus Johnson III.

Copeland spent three seasons with the Florida Gators before transferring to Maryland for the 2022 season. He was never featured to his talent level in college and his numbers speak volumes.

In his college career, he had 112 receptions for 1,742 yards and 11 touchdowns along with nine rushes for 64 yards. He also has the ability to return kicks, having done so 10 times in college.

Johnson struggled all throughout training camp in route running and creating separation. The former SE Louisiana quarterback didn’t look to be an option on special teams either and that’s an issue for a back end of the roster player.

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Vikings state of the roster: Wide receiver

The latest in our multi-part series looking at the state of the Minnesota Vikings roster, we take a look at the wide receiver position.

The 2023 season is inching closer and closer by the day and we here at Vikings Wire are previewing the season from every angle.

We are currently writing player profiles on each Minnesota Viking on the roster with projections for what their 2023 season could look like. How things look projecting forward is where the real intrigue lies.

Leading up to training camp, we will be looking at each position from a more in-depth perspective. Today, we will be looking at the wide receiver position.

Vikings 90-man roster player profile: WR Cephus Johnson III

Having played quarterback at SE Louisiana, Cephus Johnson III looks to make the transition to playing wide receiver.

Welcome to the beginning of our 2023 season preview content!

Over the next few weeks, we will be looking at each player on the roster in-depth with backgrounds and how they currently project forward on the Minnesota Vikings roster.

What is the best-case scenario? What is the worst-case scenario? What should we expect from them during the preseason and beyond? We will break all of that down here.

As a staff, all of us at Vikings Wire ranked the entire 90-man roster 1-90 and will be releasing player profiles in reverse order.