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per the Pioneer Press:
Fresh off again becoming a double-duty returner, Marcus Sherels is returning to the Vikings.
A source said the cornerback reached terms Wednesday on a one-year contract to be back with Minnesota for a ninth season. Monetary terms were not immediately available on Sherels, who had a salary-cap number last season of $2 million.
Sherels, who played at the University of Minnesota, has been a top special-teams performer for the Vikings. In 2017, he averaged 9.5 yards on an NFL-most 39 punt returns and 24.6 yards on 11 kickoff returns.
Sherels, who joined the Vikings in 2010, handled both punt and kickoff returns in 2011 and 2012 before being almost exclusively a punt returner from 2013-16. But midway through last season, with Cordarrelle Patterson already having left as a free agent and the Vikings deciding not to put too much of a burden on running back Jerick McKinnon, Sherels went back also handling kickoffs.
https://www.twincities.com/2018/03/28/cb-marcus-sherels-to-re-sign-with-vikings-on-one-year-deal/
Go Gophers!!
Fresh off again becoming a double-duty returner, Marcus Sherels is returning to the Vikings.
A source said the cornerback reached terms Wednesday on a one-year contract to be back with Minnesota for a ninth season. Monetary terms were not immediately available on Sherels, who had a salary-cap number last season of $2 million.
Sherels, who played at the University of Minnesota, has been a top special-teams performer for the Vikings. In 2017, he averaged 9.5 yards on an NFL-most 39 punt returns and 24.6 yards on 11 kickoff returns.
Sherels, who joined the Vikings in 2010, handled both punt and kickoff returns in 2011 and 2012 before being almost exclusively a punt returner from 2013-16. But midway through last season, with Cordarrelle Patterson already having left as a free agent and the Vikings deciding not to put too much of a burden on running back Jerick McKinnon, Sherels went back also handling kickoffs.
https://www.twincities.com/2018/03/28/cb-marcus-sherels-to-re-sign-with-vikings-on-one-year-deal/
Go Gophers!!