Nick Muse

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Saw action in two games for the Minnesota Vikings in 2023, catching one pass for 22 yards.
• Hauled in his first career reception, a 22-yard catch during the third quarter, at Detroit in Week 18 (1/7).
• Made his season debut in Week 17 against Green Bay (12/31), playing on special teams.
• Inactive in Weeks 1-16.

2023 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Saw action in two games for the Minnesota Vikings in 2023, catching one pass for 22 yards.
• Hauled in his first career reception, a 22-yard catch during the third quarter, at Detroit in Week 18 (1/7).
• Made his season debut in Week 17 against Green Bay (12/31), playing on special teams.
• Inactive in Weeks 1-16.

2022 | MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Signed to the active roster prior to Week 11 vs. Dallas and played snaps on special teams (11/20).
• Elevated prior to Week 10 at Buffalo and appeared on special teams (11/13).
• Elevated prior to Week 9 at Washington, appearing on special teams (11/6).
• Elevated prior to Week 5 vs. Chicago and made his NFL debut, appearing in six snaps on special teams (10/9).

COLLEGE - WILLIAM & MARY/SOUTH CAROLINA

• Started all 13 games in 2021, finishing the season fourth on the team with 20 catches for 222 yards and a pair of TDs.
• Started all 10 games at tight end in 2020. Caught 30 passes for 425 yards. Had the best game of his career against Georgia where he hauled in eight passes for 131 yards (both career highs), including a season-long 35-yard reception and his first career touchdown.
• Transferred from William & Mary at the start of fall camp in 2019 and played in eight games (one start), catching 17 passes for 158 yards.
• Played his sophomore season at William & Mary and ranked seventh in the CAA in receiving yards per game (64.7) after appearing in seven games (three starts). Ranked second on the team in catches (30) and receiving yards (453).
• Appeared in six games (one start), becoming just the third William & Mary tight end to play and second to earn a start as a true freshman (dating back to 1989). Finished the season with four catches for 55 yards and a touchdown.
• Tight end who took advantage of the NCAA rule allowing him to return for a fifth season despite never taking a redshirt year.
• Joined the Gamecocks at the start of fall camp in 2019 following a transfer from William & Mary.
• Logged 67 receptions for 805 yards in three seasons at South Carolina and 101 catches for 1,303 yards spanning a five-year career that included two seasons at William & Mary.
• His eight-catch game in 2019 marked the most catches for a Gamecocks tight end since Hayden Hurst had eight receptions against Mississippi State in 2016 and the most yards for a Gamecocks tight end since Danny Smith had 134 yards on just five catches against Appalachian State in 1985.

HONORS

• 2021 Co-Most Outstanding Senior Award winner
• Selected to play in the East-West Shrine Bowl (2021)
• Co-Joe Morrison Offensive Player of the Spring honor (2021)
• 2020 Fourth-Team All-SEC (Phil Steele)
• 2020 PFF All-SEC honorable mention
• 2020 SEC Fall Academic Honor Roll
• 2019 SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll
• 2019 All-Colonial Athletic Association Third-Team selection (William & Mary)

PREP - SOUTH POINT (N.C.)

• Four-year letterwinner as a tight end and linebacker at Belmont and graduated in 2017.
• Was a two-time Gaston Gazette Defensive Player of the Year (2015, 2016).
• Two-time all-conference selection.
• Second-team All-Charlotte Observer as a senior after totaling 165 tackles, as well as 32 catches for 654 yards with 10 touchdowns, en route to helping SPHS win the 2016 3A State Championship.
• Named the 2015 State Championship Defensive Player of the Game.
• Honored as the team's most versatile player as a senior and served two seasons as the team's captain of the defense.
• Also lettered in baseball, basketball and track and field.

OFF THE FIELD

• Criminal justice major
• Brother, Tanner, played football at Clemson and was a third-round pick by the Las Vegas Raiders in the 2020 NFL Draft.
• Enjoys water sports, bowling and basketball.