Vikings Activate WR Adam Thielen From COVID-19 List, Sign LS Andrew DePaola

The Vikings announced on Wednesday they have activated WR Adam Thielen from the COVID-19 list and signed LS Andrew DePaola to the active roster. 

The #Vikings have activated WR @athielen19 from Reserve/COVID-19 and signed LS @andrewdepaola to the active roster.

CB Tae Hayes (@hayeskt2) has been signed to the practice squad. pic.twitter.com/GNZ2KdznDH

— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) December 2, 2020

Minnesota also signed CB Tae Hayes to the practice squad. 

Thielen, 30, wound up signing on with the Vikings as an undrafted free agent out of Minnesota State-Mankato back in 2013. He spent his rookie season on the Vikings’ practice squad before returning to the team on a future/reserve contract the following year.

Minnesota brought Thielen back for the 2015 season on a one-year exclusive rights deal before signing him to a four-year, $19.240 million contract that included $11 million guaranteed in 2017. 

Thielen was set to make base salaries of $5.85 million and $5.35 million over the next two years of the agreement before agreeing to a four-year extension last offseason worth as much as $73 million.

Thielen is set to make base salaries of $11.1 and $12.045 million the next two years of his contract. 

In 2020, Thielen has appeared in nine games for the Vikings and caught 41 passes for 523 yards receiving and nine touchdowns.