Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports that the Vikings have restructured the contract of TE T.J. Hockenson on Friday.
According to Ian Rapoport, the Vikings created $5 million of cap space by reducing Hockenson’s $21.3 million cap figure for the 2026 season.
Minnesota has been working to clear cap space before the start of the league year next week. At one point, they were $45 million or so over the cap, but they’ve since cleared a good amount of cap room with some releases.
Hockenson, 28, is a former first-round pick of the Lions back in 2019. He was in the fourth year of his four-year rookie deal worth $19,821,230 when the Lions traded him to the Vikings, acquiring a second and a third in exchange for also including two fourths.
The Lions had exercised Hockenson’s fifth-year option slated to cost $9.4 million guaranteed for the 2023 season. He then signed a four-year, $68.5 million extension with Minnesota back in August of 2023.
In 2025, Hockensen appeared in 15 games for the Vikings and caught 51 passes for 438 yards receiving and three touchdowns.
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