Money doesn’t guarantee much beyond getting talent in the door.
Coach Kevin O’Connell said recently that he tells tryout players about success stories like fullback C.J. Ham, who made the team on a tryout with nothing guaranteed, or a more recent example: edge rusher Bo Richter, who carved out a special teams role last year as an undrafted rookie signed for $15,000 guaranteed.
Brosmer, who led the 8-5 Gophers last fall after transferring from New Hampshire, was asked at May 9 rookie minicamp whether he preferred going undrafted because he got late-round money while having some choice in his destination.
“I think if you do too much and try to get out of your mind and control too much, you get ahead of yourself,” Brosmer said. “Letting things happen — they happen for a reason, whether I get drafted in the third round, drafted in the seventh round or go undrafted, like, there’s a reason why I’m here. I do my best to live each day with that mentality; gratitude, curiosity, empathy, and I think it kind of just all unfolded as it should be.”
Here’s the full list of the Vikings’ guarantees to undrafted free agents: