EAGAN, Minn. — The Vikings utilized Reserve Lists on their way to reducing their 2024 roster to 53 players by Tuesday's 3 p.m. (CT) deadline.

Minnesota left tight end T.J. Hockenson on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform.

The Vikings placed linebacker Jordan Kunaszyk on Injured Reserve and placed outside linebacker Gabriel Murphy and guard Dalton Risner on Injured Reserve-Designated for Return.

Per NFL policy, teams with players who are categorized as Active/Physically Unable to Perform or Active/Non-Football Injury or Illness "must select one of the following options: place player on Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform or Reserve/Non-Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; terminate or request waivers with the designation of Failed Physical or Non- Football Injury or Illness, whichever is applicable; request waivers; terminate contract; trade contract; or continue to count the player on the Active List."

Hockenson will not count against the 53-player limit but is required to sit out the first four games of the 2024 season.

Each team can designate for return a max of two players who are placed on "an applicable Reserve list during the business day of the final roster reduction."

Any players who are designated for return count against a team's maximum of eight players to designate for return throughout the entire season (teams that make the playoffs are allotted a max of 10 players returning), even if those players do not return to practice. Any player placed on the Reserve/PUP list before roster reductions is required to miss the entire season.

The Vikings waived the following players:

S Lewis Cine

RB Kene Nwangwu

CB Nahshon Wright

OLB Andre Carter II

OL Henry Byrd

G Tyrese Robinson

WR Lucky Jackson

WR Jeshaun Jones

WR Thayer Thomas

DL Jaquelin Roy

LB Dallas Gant

OLB Bo Richter

The Vikings terminated the contract of the following players:

TE N'Keal Harry

CB Duke Shelley

RB Myles Gaskin

DB Bobby McCain

DL James Lynch

TE Robert Tonyan

DL Jonah Williams

The Vikings waived the following player with an injury designation:

WR Malik Knowles

The Vikings left the following player on the Reserve/Physically Unable to Perform list:

TE T.J. Hockenson

The Vikings placed the following player on Injured Reserve:

LB Jordan Kunaszyk

The Vikings placed the following players on Injured Reserve-Designated for Return:

OLB Gabriel Murphy

G Dalton Risner