Thanks to support from fans across the country, Kyle Rudolph’s End Zone will get some much-needed funding. His kickoff return average of 24.8 is down from his career mark of 26.1 entering the season.Sherels has a long punt return of 46 yards in 21 attempts.
Rudolph's years at Notre Dame were dotted with trips to children's hospitals in South Bend, and since 2011, when the Vikings drafted him, Rudolph has been a regular presence as part of the team's four-decade partnership with the Masonic Children's Hospital.Rudolph said he will continue to raise funds to finance the operation of the space over the coming years to make sure it stays current and relevant to what future patients want.
They set a great example for us as players on how to be men in this community.On Thursday, “Kyle Rudolph’s End Zone” received a check for $50,000 through the NFL Foundation and the league’s partnernship with United Way.The Vikings are 10-2 and on the verge of a second NFC North title in three years.
You can only sit and do puzzles and color coloring books [for so long]. Rudolph will be considered for the NFL’s Walter Payton Man of the Year award, which will be announced Feb. 3, the night before Super Bowl LII at U.S. Bank Stadium.Sign up for Newsletters and Alerts“It starts from the top down in this organization with what the Wilf (ownership) family does, not only here in the Twin Cities but all over the country,” Rudolph said. At times, these people don't leave their rooms -- not because they're not healthy enough. 36 talking about this. Rudolph and the project's architects asked for the input of patients such Casey O'Brien, the former quarterback at Cretin-Derham Hall High School (St. Paul, Minnesota) who spent more than 160 nights in the hospital during two bouts with bone cancer before he was cleared to return to his team and hold for extra points last season. "We may have all these great ideas about what we want to put in a space and that we think are cool, but if the kids don't want it and the kids don't use it, it's not cool. On Sunday, Nationwide announced that Kyle, the Vikings Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year Award nominee, had won the fourth annual Charity Challenge.
"From [the point my brother was born], my mom and dad, myself, countless family members were always in and out of the hospital -- me being the 15-month-old big brother, constantly in the way, tripping on his IV cords, medicine lines, just a disaster at all times in the hospital, from what I've been told," Rudolph said Tuesday. “They seem to be focused. “You look at the list of guys that are past winners. RUBENSTEIN Brady Littlefield, 212-843-9220 / blittlefield@rubenstein.com . "Now Rudolph is putting his own imprint on that partnership. His punt-return average of 10.2 yards is down from 13.9 last year. He and his wife Jordan announced Tuesday that fundraising has been completed for Kyle Rudolph's End Zone -- a 2,500-square-foot space at the hospital where children and teenagers can play, relax and engage in healing therapies. Now the seventh-year tight end has followed in the footsteps of Greenway.“I think we’re learning how to handle winning,” Zimmer said.
Also Thursday, center Pat Elflein was limited in practice for the second straight day because of a shoulder injury.Rudolph has worked with the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital since joining the Vikings as a rookie in 2011. The Vikings have had 21 overall attempts, a low number because of so many touchbacks.“And I’ve been fortunate to have a lot of great older (players) around me — Chad, (former guard) Steve Hutchinson, (former Vikings center) John Sullivan — that have kind of gotten me into the direction of helping this community out.”Greenway was named the Vikings’ Man of the Year the past three seasons; on Thursday, Rudolph won the honor for the 2017 season. The worst thing we can do is put a space down here that looks incredible from the street, but there's never any kids in it. On Thursday, “Kyle Rudolph’s End Zone” received a check for $50,000 through the NFL Foundation and the league’s partnernship with United Way. It’s a great honor.”“I think we’re getting to that point,” Zimmer said. But Marcus Sherels, who had three punt returns for touchdowns over the previous two seasons, has been unable to reach the end zone.In each of the past two seasons, the Vikings had three kickoff and punt returns for touchdowns. “But I think these next four games (of the regular season) will tell a lot about that.”One reason has been the departure of top kickoff returner Cordarrelle Patterson. CLICK HERE TO TURN ON NOTIFICATIONS.Tackle Mike Remmers again sat out practice with a lower back injury.