The Minnesota Vikings will be without star wide receiver Jordan Addison to start the season.
According to multiple reports, Jordan Addison has been suspended for the first three games of the 2025 regular season for violating the league’s Substances of Abuse Policy. Addison will miss games at Chicago Bears, vs the Atlanta Falcons and vs the Cincinnati Bengals.
Despite the pending suspension, Addison will still be permitted to take part in all training camp activities, including preseason games without any restrictions.
Addison was arrested in Southern California last July after being found “asleep at the wheel” while blocking a freeway lane near Los Angeles International Airport. He was charged with driving under the influence after being arrested under suspicion of drunk driving.
Addison was facing a minimum three-game suspension from the NFL as a result of the incident.
The third-year receiver was set to go in front of a jury trial last month, but instead pled down to a lesser offense. Addison will serve 12 months’ probation as part of the lesser charge, known as a “wet reckless”; the charge, also known as “wet and reckless,” is a reckless driving charge where alcohol or drugs are involved, but carries a lesser sentence than a DUI.
In addition to receiving probation, Addison was required to pay a fine and finish two online courses related to driving under the influence, per Addison’s agent Tim Younger, who said that he expects Addison’s probation to end early after six months. As a result of pleading down, Addison will not have his driver’s license suspended.
Addison, 23, was selected by the Vikings with the No. 23 overall pick in the first round of the 2023 NFL Draft. He’s entering the third year of his four-year, $14,992,104 contract that included a $7,903,349 signing bonus.
The Vikings will have a fifth-year option on Addison’s contract for the 2027 season that they must pick up by May.
In 2024, Addison appeared in 15 games for the Vikings and recorded 63 receptions for 875 yards (13.9 YPC) and nine touchdowns.
