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Connor Whicker enters his third season with Minnesota as an assistant athletic trainer. Whicker was a part of the 2022 Vikings team that finished 13-4 and claimed the NFC North title. This season will mark Whicker's fourth year in the NFL and seventh year in athletic training. Whicker is responsible for providing high-level healthcare services for the team, including the prevention, evaluation, clinical management and rehabilitation of injuries.

Prior to joining the Vikings, Whicker served as the football assistant athletic trainer for Louisville's football team. Whicker also spent the 2020 season working as a seasonal athletic training intern with the Houston Texans after serving as a graduate assistant athletic trainer with Arkansas football program (2018-2020). During his time with the Texans, Whicker was responsible for coordinating and implementing COVID-19 protocols to create a safe workplace. He also served as the liaison between the sports medicine staff and team physicians. Whicker's first NFL experience came in 2016 when he worked for the Carolina Panthers as a summer intern. He went on to work for the Miami Dolphins in 2017 working in the same role.

Connor Whicker enters his third season with Minnesota as an assistant athletic trainer. Whicker was a part of the 2022 Vikings team that finished 13-4 and claimed the NFC North title. This season will mark Whicker's fourth year in the NFL and seventh year in athletic training. Whicker is responsible for providing high-level healthcare services for the team, including the prevention, evaluation, clinical management and rehabilitation of injuries.

Prior to joining the Vikings, Whicker served as the football assistant athletic trainer for Louisville's football team. Whicker also spent the 2020 season working as a seasonal athletic training intern with the Houston Texans after serving as a graduate assistant athletic trainer with Arkansas football program (2018-2020). During his time with the Texans, Whicker was responsible for coordinating and implementing COVID-19 protocols to create a safe workplace. He also served as the liaison between the sports medicine staff and team physicians. Whicker's first NFL experience came in 2016 when he worked for the Carolina Panthers as a summer intern. He went on to work for the Miami Dolphins in 2017 working in the same role.

The Charlotte, N.C., native earned his bachelor's degree in athletic training from High Point University in 2018 before obtaining his master's degree in sports management from Arkansas in 2020.

Whicker and his wife, Lauren, reside in Rosemount, Minn., with their son, Kase, and golden retriever, Bailey.