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How Vikings players use multiple sports to power their football success

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The team has 62 on the roster who played more than one sport in high school, and there's even an Olympic hopeful in the bunch.

Gallery: Minnesota Vikings fullback C.J. Ham (30) competes in the shot put during a track and field competition Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023.

Chris Reed and C.J. Ham — with many of their Vikings teammates already settled in warmer climes — piled their families into cars for a trip to Mankato on the second Saturday of the offseason to see if they could put the shot as far as they once did.