Last updated on February 11th, 2025 at 07:35 pm
The Minnesota Vikings signed Brett Rypien after the team waived its draft pick Jaren Hall. The new Vikings QB made it to the roster after being cut from the Bears last Tuesday. Thus, he will be part of the quarterback roster with Nick Mullens and Sam Darnold. First-round pick JJ McCarthy will be out of the season after suffering a knee injury during his preseason debut.
After signing with the NFC North foe Chicago in March, Rypien spent the 2024 offseason with them. On August 1, he had a breakout performance in the Hall of Fame Game, but bad weather ended the game after only 25 minutes. The Bears beat the Texans 21-17 thanks to his three touchdown passes and 11-of-15 passing performance. He accumulated 166 passing yards.
In 2019, Denver signed Rypien as an undrafted rookie. According to bookie PPH solutions experts, he spent his first four seasons in the NFL with the Broncos. Nearly two years ago, in a preseason game in Denver, he faced the Vikings and had a 14-of-21 passing performance with 137 yards and an interception.
New Vikings QB Brett Rypien
While in Denver, Rypien shared quarters with several current Vikings offensive coaches, including Chris Kuper and Curtis Modkins, who now coaches the offensive line and running backs. In the 2023 season, he played for the Rams from September 13 to November 7 before being cut. He then joined the Seahawks and Jets practice squads.
According to bookie pay per head reports, Rypien has thrown for 950 yards, four touchdowns, and nine interceptions in 10 NFL games. Also, he started in four games in the pro league.
Mark Rypien, who helped Washington win 37-24 against Buffalo in Super Bowl XXVI on January 26, 1992, and earned MVP, is Rypien’s uncle. Interestingly, Minneapolis’s Metrodome was the site of the Super Bowl.
During his fourteen years in the National Football League, Mark Rypien won two Super Bowls (in 1989 and 1991) and was nominated for two more. He was also selected twice for the Associated Press’s Second All-Pro team.
After his Bronco stint, Rypien attended Boise State and became the Mountain West’s all-time leading passer with 1,036 passing yards, 1,581 completions, and 21 games over 300 yards. He surpassed Kellen Moore, with 16 300-yard games from 2008 to 2011, to become Boise State’s all-time leader in this category.
Rypien was the Offensive Player of the Year for the Mountain West in 2018. He passed for 256 yards and was named 2017 Mountain West Championship Offensive MVP. From there, he threw for 362 yards and two scores in the Las Vegas Bowl game versus Oregon.
Rypien’s Early Life
According to bookie software experts, Rypien played football and baseball at Shadle Park High School in Spokane, Washington, where he was a student.
Rypien was the starting quarterback for all four years of Shadle’s varsity football season. He set records for passing yards (4,552), touchdowns (50), career passing yards (13,044), and completions (1,006) in Washington state. He also surpassed Moore in all four of these categories. Rypien received early graduation and valedictorian honors.
