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Vikings Only Have One 2023 All-Pro: Their Long Snapper

Andrew DePaola is the Vikings' only player on the 2023 AP All-Pro teams.
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Vikings Only Have One 2023 All-Pro: Their Long Snapper
Vikings Only Have One 2023 All-Pro: Their Long Snapper

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Long snapper Andrew DePaola is the Vikings' only player on the 2023 Associated Press All-Pro teams, which were announced on Friday. 

DePaola, who earned first team honors last year, made the second team this season. He's also been a Pro Bowler two years in a row. It's been quite the late-career surge for the 36-year-old who is on his fifth NFL team after making his regular season debut at 27.

Danielle Hunter, the Vikings' only other Pro Bowler at the moment, was not named an All-Pro. Myles Garrett and T.J. Watt made the first team, while Micah Parsons and Maxx Crosby were named to the second team. Hunter received three second-team votes.

Outside of DePaola, who received eight of 50 first-team votes, the only other Viking to garner any first-team votes was tight end T.J. Hockenson with three. Hockenson finished behind George Kittle, Sam LaPorta, and Travis Kelce in the voting. Had he played all 17 games, he would've comfortably led all tight ends in receiving yards, but his season ended after a torn MCL and ACL in the Vikings' 15th game.

Christian Darrisaw (4), Brian O'Neill (4), Camryn Bynum (1), Josh Metellus (1), and Ivan Pace Jr. (1) all received at least one second-team vote. That's particularly impressive for Pace as an undrafted rookie.

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Will Ragatz is a senior writer for Vikings On SI, who also covers the Twins, Timberwolves, Gophers, and other Minnesota teams. He is a credentialed Minnesota Vikings beat reporter, covering the team extensively at practices, games and throughout the NFL draft and free agency period. Ragatz attended Northwestern University, where he studied at the prestigious Medill School of Journalism. During his time as a student, he covered Northwestern Wildcats football and basketball for SB Nation’s Inside NU, eventually serving as co-editor-in-chief in his junior year. In the fall of 2018, Will interned in Sports Illustrated’s newsroom in New York City, where he wrote articles on Major League Baseball, college football, and college basketball for SI.com.

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