The Minnesota Vikings have signed Dieugot Joseph to a futures contract for the 2018 season on Monday, according to his agent Will Sarubbi.
Congrats to Dieugot Joseph (@DieugotJoseph) on signing his NFL futures deal with @Vikings. Big things ahead in 2018 and beyond!
— Will Sarubbi (@WillSarubbi) January 22, 2018
As of now, the Vikings have signed two players to futures deals including:
- WR Brandon Zylstra
- OL Dieugot Joseph
Futures deals are essentially camp invites that will give players the opportunity to compete for roster spots during offseason workouts and training camp.
Joseph, 23, wound up signing a three-year, $1.66 million contract with the Bears as an undrafted free agent out of Florida International back in May of last year. He was set to make base salaries of $465,000 and $555,000 over the first two years of the contract when the Bears cut him loose coming out of the preseason and later signed him to their practice squad.
Joseph spent a few months on the Ravens’ practice squad before he was released a few weeks ago and later signed by the Vikings to their taxi squad.
Joseph has yet to appear in an NFL game.
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