Tag: Tay Gowan

Titans add two to practice squad among 4 moves

The Titans added two to the practice squad on Monday while letting go of two others.

On Monday, the Tennessee Titans added two players to their practice squad while letting go of two others.

The team announced it has signed both defensive lineman Taylor Stallworth and defensive back Tay Gowan to the practice squad. Getting the boot are defensive back Armani Marsh and offseason award-winner and defensive lineman, Jayden Peevy.

Here’s what we wrote on Stallworth when the move was first announced by his agent earlier in the day:

A former undrafted free-agent signing of the New Orleans Saints out of South Carolina, Stallworth has appeared in 57 games (two starts) over five seasons in the NFL, tallying 4.5 sacks, 52 combined tackles (seven for loss) and 14 QB hits. He has not taken a snap this season, though.

Gowan was originally a sixth-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in 2021. He’s appeared in five games during his career, including two with the Philadelphia Eagles and three with the Minnesota Vikings.

The Central Florida product has tallied two tackles in 44 defensive snaps and 47 special teams snaps.

Tennessee’s secondary and defensive line struggled mightily in Week 5, so the team making some moves at both position groups isn’t surprising. Both Stallworth and Gowan give Tennessee more experienced options on the practice squad than they had in Peevy and Marsh.

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31 days until Vikings season opener: Every player to wear No. 31

Currently worn by CB Tay Gowan, 19 people have worn the No. 31 for the Minnesota Vikings.

It’s the final countdown…

Well, sort of.

The Minnesota Vikings will kick off their 2023 regular season in 31 days at home against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 10.

From now until then, we will take a trip down memory lane and count each day by revisiting the players that have worn that specific jersey number.

Cornerback Tay Gowan currently wears No. 31 for the Minnesota Vikings.

With 31 days until kickoff, here’s a look at every player to wear No. 31 with the Vikings (via Pro Football Reference):

10 players who need a great performance vs. Seahawks

Heading into Thursday’s preseason opener against the Seattle Seahawks, these 10 Minnesota Vikings need a great performance.

After two weeks of Minnesota Vikings training camp, we are starting to see a divide between players at each position. Preseason games set things apart as well, as live game reps matter more than practice.

Throughout practice, there have been plenty of standouts, but the players who have been struggling are the ones that need a great performance. If you play well in a live game setting, that can change everything for your potential chances to earn a roster spot.

Here are 10 players that need to have a great game against the Seattle Seahawks to improve their chances to make the roster.

5 under-the-radar Vikings players to watch on defense at training camp

As the Minnesota Vikings approach training camp, these five defensive players could make an impact while flying under-the-radar.

The Minnesota Vikings will see their rookies report to training camp on July 23rd with veterans reporting on July 25th. Training camp will be very interesting one for the Vikings this year, as it will be about building upon a 13-4 2022 season.

After a disastrous season under former defensive coordinator Ed Donatell, Kevin O’Connell handed the reins over to former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores who brings a major culture shift on defense from conservative to incredibly aggressive.

Going into training camp, we identified five defensive players that are flying under the radar that could make some noise this August.

 

Vikings 90-man roster player profile: CB Tay Gowan

After playing 3 games for the Vikings in 2022, can Tay Gowan make the 53-man roster?

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.

Vikings sign 6 players to futures contracts

Futures contracts keep the player in the building to compete for a spot on the roster next year

When the season is over, teams take some time to sign their practice squad players to what is called a futures contract. That is essentially keeping them under contract for the offseason so they can help them develop and go through the offseason program and training camp.

Most players from a team’s practice squad will end up signing one of these at the end of the season, but some choose to wait it out and see what other opportunities exist elsewhere.

On Monday, the Minnesota Vikings inked six players to futures contracts with five of them coming from the practice squad and the other coming from injured reserve.

Vikings make multiple roster moves, activate Cameron Dantzler from IR

The Vikings starting cornerback will return on Sunday

The Minnesota Vikings have made a roster move before every game either activating a player or placing a player on injured reserve. They continued that trend on Saturday with multiple roster moves, including activating cornerback Cameron Dantzler from injured reserve

Dantzler suffered a high ankle sprain against the Washington Commanders in week 11 and was placed on injured reserve relatively quickly.

Defensive end Jonathan Bullard made his first trip to injured reserve on the season. Bullard has been dealing with a bicep injury on and off for the majority of the season. He will be eligible to play again in week 18 against the Chicago Bears,

The Vikings’ issues in the secondary prompted the elevation of both Myles Dorn and Tay Gowan. They are both candidates to get the two roster spots currently open, as the have both been elevated now three times.

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Vikings elevate two players from practice squad prior to Thursday’s game

The Vikings elevated two players from the practice squad, including a surprise

The Minnesota Vikings were destined to elevate a cornerback with both Akayleb Evans and Andrew Booth Jr. out for Thursday night’s game against the New England Patriots and they did just that with Tay Gowan.

The second-year pro Gowan wasn’t the only one that the Vikings elevated, as they chose to elevate linebacker William Kwenkeu as well.

The addition of Kwenkeu feels more special teams related than anything. One thing to keep tabs on when the inactives come out is if linebacker Troy Dye will be inactive in favor of Kwenkeu.

This is Gowan’s second-consecutive game active, as he was last week as well. Gowan was a sixth-round pick of the Arizona Cardinals in the 2021 NFL draft.

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7 Minnesota Vikings get their jersey numbers

Multiple player numbers were announced on Thursday

Seven Minnesota Vikings, whether new or tenured, got their new jersey numbers on Thursday.

  • The most anticipated jersey number change was rookie punter Ryan Wright who went from 66 to 14, which was previously worn by Sean Mannion.
  • New Vikings wide receiver Jalen Reagor will be wearing number 5.
  • New Vikings defensive tackle Ross Blacklock will wear number 96.
  • Defensive tackle Jonathan Bullard goes from 79 to 93 previously worn by Jaylen Twyman.
  • Defensive tackle Twyman, now on the practice squad, goes from 93 to 51.
  • New practice squad wide receiver Travis Toivonen will wear number 87.
  • New practice squad cornerback Tay Gowan will wear number 31.

With new quarterback David Blough just added to the practice squad, there will be at least one more number announced in the coming days.

WR Travis Toivonen added to Vikings practice squad

The Vikings have added a 14th member to their practice squad

The Minnesota Vikings have added a 14th player to their practice squad in wide receiver Travis Toivonen and officially announced the expected addition of CB Tay Gowan.

Having attended the University of North Dakota, Toivonen signed with the Seattle Seahawks in 2021 NFL after spending time in the Fan Controlled Football League. He ended up spending the 2021 season on the New York Giants practice squad and ended up being cut in final cuts this past Monday.

A bigger receiver at 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds, he is a bigger-bodied receiver that would add an element of size to the wide receiver room that is currently missing on the Vikings roster.

With 14 players currently on the practice squad, the Vikings have space for two more players, including the alluded-to third quarterback.

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