Jerick McKinnon tears ACL, out for season

Amidst all of the excitement and news happening Saturday on roster cutdown day, the news came out that the Minnesota Vikings’ opponent this coming Sunday has lost a pretty big piece of their offense and a name familiar to fans of the Vikings.

Our friends over at Niners Nation, among others, are reporting that running back Jerick McKinnon has torn an ACL and will miss the 2018 season.

McKinnon spent his first four seasons with the Vikings after the team made him a third-round pick in the 2014 NFL Draft. A quarterback in college at Georgia Southern, McKinnon shifted to running back and served as both a backup to Adrian Peterson, as well as part of a tandem with Matt Asiata when Peterson missed…