EAGAN, Minn. — The Minnesota Vikings have agreed to terms with quarterback Jake Browning, who went undrafted after a record-setting career at Washington. Browning will have the chance to compete with Sean Mannion and Kyle Sloter for the backup spots behind Kirk Cousins. Browning left the Huskies as their career leader with 12,296 passing yards and a 150.6 pass efficiency rating. His 39 career wins were the most by a quarterback in Pac-12 history. Browning was one of 10 rookie free agents added by the Vikings and announced Monday. Among them are Tennessee safety Micah Abernathy, UCLA cornerback Nate Meadors and Miami defensive tackle Tito Odenigbo. They’ll take part in this weekend’s minicamp with the drafted players and other prospects invited on a tryout basis.<doc-sep>'Whoever Is Watching This, They're Going To Get A Thrill': Willy T. 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Paul: Showtime Sports Announces Broadcast Team For June 6 EventThe network announced its plans for the broadcast of the pay-per-view exhibition bout between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Logan Paul. The 74th Annual 'Tony Awards' And 'The Tony Awards Present: Broadway's Back!' Come To CBS September 26thCBS and Tony Award Productions will celebrate Broadway’s highly anticipated return to live theatre with a multiplatform event The Tony Awards Present: Broadway's Back! Sunday, September 26th (9:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) broadcasting on CBS and available to stream live and on demand with Paramount+ or the CBS app.<doc-sep>The Telegraph Two of the surprise packages of this clay-court season have been British – initially Dan Evans, who made a deep run in Monte Carlo, and more lately Cameron Norrie, who played his second final in three weeks on Sunday. Unfortunately, Norrie wasn’t able to land a maiden ATP title in Lyon. But then he was up against Stefanos Tsitsipas, who has been the dominant force of 2021 outside the slams, and now stands at No 1 in the table of most rankings points gained since January 1. Nevertheless, it had been a hugely creditable effort for Norrie to go this far, especially when you consider that he took out top seed Dominic Thiem on Thursday, and then trounced big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov in Saturday’s semi-final, losing only two games in the process. Norrie has come to clay late in his career, but it feels like this is developing into his favourite surface. He has one of the heaviest left-handed forehands in the game, loaded with top-spin, and uses it like a miniature version of Rafael Nadal. The result has been a tally of 14 wins and only four losses since he began his European clay-court swing in Barcelona. So while the French Open, which starts next Sunday, has traditionally been a graveyard of British hopes, there are reasons to hope that this year’s event could deliver some more positive results. Norrie’s previous final in Estoril had been a nervewracking affair which he eventually lost on a deciding-set tie-break to the more experienced Spaniard Albert Ramos-Vinolas. Sunday was more straightforward for Tsitsipas, who needed only 69 minutes to hammer home a 6-3, 6-3 victory. It was Tsitsipas’ second title of the clay-court sequence, after he won Monte Carlo in mid-April, taking out Evans in the semi-final along the way. He has become a serious contender to upset the establishment – specifically Nadal and Novak Djokovic – at Roland Garros over the next few weeks. “I felt in good shape from the beginning of the tournament,” said Tsitsipas afterwards. “I am proud of today’s match, I knew it would be a difficult one against Cameron, who has been showing great tennis this week. He has been winning against good players and showing what the left hand can do on clay. “It was not an easy match today. I had to handle the nerves and I am proud of my performance and the way I stayed focused towards my goal.” On this year’s results, meanwhile, both Evans and Norrie stand among the world’s 20 most successful men. Evans is at No 16 and Norrie No 14. The next challenge for them both is to convert that ATP Tour form into a deep run at a major.<doc-sep>University of Washington quarterback Jake Browning is among 10 undrafted free agents joining the Vikings this week. The Vikings announced the list of players agreeing to terms on Monday. They are expected to sign before a rookie minicamp, which runs Friday through Sunday. Browning will receive a $15,000 signing bonus and have $125,000 of his $495,000 contract for 2019 guaranteed. His overall deal is standard for an undrafted rookie: three years for roughly $1.75 million. Browning will be the fourth quarterback on the Vikings’ roster, joining starter Kirk Cousins and backups Sean Mannion and Kyle Sloter. He threw for 3,192 yards and 16 touchdowns last season for the Huskies. Others agreeing to terms were Tennessee safety Micah Abernathy, Vanderbilt fullback Khari Blasingame, Sam Houston State receiver Davion Davis, Marian (Wis.) tight end Brandon Dillon, Eastern Illinois receiver Alexander Hollins, Western Michigan center John Keenoy, UCLA cornerback Nate Meadors, Miami defensive tackle Tito Odenigbo and Georgia Tech defensive end Anree Saint-Amour. The Vikings offered deals to the players after they were not selected in the seven rounds of the draft, which ran from from last Thursday to Sunday. “I’m very excited,” Abernathy said. “I’m happy for the opportunity. It was a long three days (during the draft), but I’m just happy I’ve got a home to call, and I’m going to try to make the most of it.” Abernathy received a signing bonus of $10,000 and got $25,000 of his contract guaranteed. Odenigbo received a $5,000 signing bonus. He is the brother of Vikings defensive end Ifeadi Odenigbo. Invited to rookie minicamp as a tryout player is Alabama-Birmingham defensive back Mar’Sean Diggs, the brother of Vikings receiver Stefon Diggs. Related Articles Vikings’ Dalvin Cook prepares for 17-game grind with offseason body of work DE Danielle Hunter among five Vikings absent Wednesday from OTAs Anthony Barr took pay cut so 2020 injury wouldn’t be his ‘last memory’ with Vikings Vikings linebackers Anthony Barr, Cameron Smith finally back on the field for OTAs Vikings claim center Cohl Cabral off waivers from Texans Players with local ties invited to the minicamp for a tryout include former Cretin-Derham Hall graduate Blake Banham, a receiver out of Eastern Michigan; East Ridge’s Kyle Kilgore, a defensive end from Bethel; River Falls, Wis., athlete Tiano Pupungatoa, a guard from South Dakota State, and former Concordia kicker Jonas Schenderlein. Also on hand at the minicamp will be the 12 players the Vikings selected in the draft. Some might sign deals by then, but those who don’t are expected to participate under injury-protection agreements. Using rookie salary figures from Spotrac.com, the Vikings need $2.469,580 of salary-cap room to sign all of their draft picks. They have the least amount of cap room in the NFL — $1,683,682 — so they need to carve out at least $784,898 of space to sign all of their picks.<doc-sep>
Jake Browning, a quarterback out of the University of Washington, is reportedly set to join the Minnesota Vikings' backup quarterback competition heading into the 2019 season after agreeing to a deal to join the organization. The undrafted free agent is not only turning heads for being given a shot to crack a roster but because of the large sum of money being guaranteed to him on his rumored deal with the team. "The Vikings gave Washington QB Jake Browning a whopping $140K guaranteed on his contract, source said. That includes a $15K signing bonus. Browning helped himself with a strong pro day. Undrafted, but found a good opportunity behind Kirk Cousins," NFL Network's Tom Pelissero tweeted about the reported deal. NFL.com profiled Browning and his skill-set heading into the draft and named him as a prospect that "should be in an NFL training camp." "Accomplished four-year starter who is the school's all-time leading passer and winner of two conference championships. Even with those accolades, Browning is a college game-manager whose success is tied to his talent at receiver. Browning has moments where he can rise to the occasion, but he's failed to sustain it over the last two seasons and he doesn't have the size, arm strength or intangibles to fall back on. He is a late-round to undrafted prospect with an uphill battle to earn a roster spot." Browning, a first-team All-Pac 12 selection and Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Year in 2016, had a 39-15 record s a starter in college and threw for 12,028 with 93 touchdowns and 34 interceptions while completing just under 65 percent of his passes in his college career. The Minnesota Vikings made 12 picks over the duration of the three-day NFL Draft in Nashville, Tennessee and doing so in somewhat impressive fashion, addressing all of their needs while also getting good value and nice fits along the way. It started on the first night of the draft, where the Vikings proved some skeptical fans wrong when they took their biggest need of the draft and addressed it right off the bat with Garrett Bradbury, the draft's best center prospect (who could also wind up at guard). The offense was again addressed on night two with tight end Irv Smith Jr. coming off the board in the second and running back Alexander Mattison being selected at the end of the third round after several trades back. They would open day three by taking another potential starting offensive lineman in Dru Samia out of Oklahoma. This was the first team in team history they spent the first four picks of their draft strictly on offensive players. (The NFL Draft is over and now the Minnesota Vikings will try and put the pieces together to get back into the playoffs --Don't miss any of the action! Sign up for our FREE Minnesota Vikings newsletter here!) Both sides of the ball would be addressed after the first four selections and they handled needs on the other side of the ball before the last day was all said and done with picks of linebacker Cameron Smith, defensive tackle Armon Watts, safety Marcus Epps and cornerback Kris Boyd. The Vikings closed out the event with long snapper Austin Cutting from Air Force.