EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings have added a dynamic athlete to their roster.

Minnesota signed free agent receiver Rondale Moore, the team announced Wednesday.

A second-round draft pick by Arizona in 2021, Moore spent his first four seasons with the Cardinals. He missed the entire 2024 campaign after suffering a knee injury during training camp.

Moore played 39 games (23 starts) for the Cardinals from 2021-23, during which he totaled 135 catches for 1,201 yards and three receiving touchdowns. He also added 52 carries for 249 yards and a touchdown on the ground.

Moore has been a consistent contributor on special teams, as well. As a rookie, he returned 21 punts for 171 yards (8.1 average) and 13 kickoffs for 291 yards (22.4 average).

Here are five things to know about the Vikings new addition:

1. 'How big is fast?'

At 5-foot-7, Moore grew used to hearing critiques of his size during his journey to the NFL.

But he's never listened to the doubters, first defying the odds as an infant born five weeks premature.

"They say premature babies are the strongest," his cousin said, "because they come out having to fight."

Moore overcame expectations then and has never looked back.

NFL.com's Chase Goodbread wrote a feature on Moore in 2021 ahead of the NFL Draft and shared an anecdote of Moore's. The playmaker had met with Purdue receivers coach JaMarcus Shephard during the college recruiting process and was asked by Shephard, "How big are you, really?" Goodbread wrote:

The question had dogged Rondale Moore many times before, but with Shephard, the 5-foot-7 dynamo juked it as easily as so many would-be tacklers. Planting his foot and changing direction with just four words, he retorted: "How big is fast?"

Shephard doesn't recall what he offered for a comeback, but he fumbled for the right one, then smiled before his next words. The confidence Moore exuded with the turnabout left Shephard wanting the four-star recruit even more. And as he would later learn, Moore's brand of fast couldn't be any bigger.

2. More on that 'short' thing…

As mentioned above, Moore doesn't let his shorter stature define his abilities.

He showcased his athleticism before the draft with a vertical jump of 42.5 inches and times of 4.28 seconds in the 40-yard dash and 6.65 seconds in the 3-cone drill.

3. Basketball and backflips

Moore has shined in more places than the football field.

According to Goodbread's feature, "by age 10, he was doing backflips a dozen at a time, making the family wonder if gymnastics was his true calling." Moore also was a "dominant" middle school wrestler and was dunking basketballs in high school.

Moore grew up down the street from former NBA shooting guard Romeo Langford, and the two played basketball together through their freshman year of high school at New Albany (Indiana). Moore then transferred to Trinity High School in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was a four-star football recruit.

4. Boilermaker beast out of the gate

From day one, literally, Moore made his presence known at Purdue. In his first game with the Boilermakers, he racked up 313 all-purpose yards and set a new program record. The previous had been set by Otis Armstrong (312) in 1972. That game included a 76-yard rushing touchdown. He was later named the Big Ten Co-Freshman of the Week.

Moore earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors four times in 2018. By the conclusion of that season, he'd totaled 1,164 yards and 203 rushing yards, in addition to 13 combined touchdowns. He received the Paul Hornung Award, presented to the most versatile player in all of college football.

Moore was named the CBS Sports Freshman of the Year, as well as a First-Team All-American by The Associated Press as an all-purpose back.

5. Bought his mom a house

It's not uncommon for rookie athletes to make a big purchase when they make it to the pros.

For Moore, that was a house for his mother.

He broke the news during a press conference at State Farm Stadium during Cardinals training camp, before realizing he probably should have waited to surprise his mother before letting the secret out.

"I have to figure [out how to tell her]," Moore told media members.

Then you probably shouldn't have brought it up, Rondale?

"Probably not," he quipped.

Moore later posted a photo of him and his mother in front of the house in New Albany, Indiana, with the following caption:

"For everything you sacrificed for me and my siblings, this is only the beginning. Mama, this one is for you…"