| No. 65 – Minnesota Vikings | |||||||
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| Position | Center | ||||||
| Roster status | Active | ||||||
| Personal information | |||||||
| Born | (2000-01-01)January 1, 2000 (age 25) Damascus, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||
| Weight | 311 lb (141 kg) | ||||||
| Career information | |||||||
| High school | Damascus (MD) | ||||||
| College | Wake Forest (2018–2023) | ||||||
| NFL draft | 2024: 7th round, 230th overall pick | ||||||
| Career history | |||||||
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| Career NFL statistics as of Week 3, 2025 | |||||||
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Michael Jurgens (born January 1, 2000) is an American professionalfootballcenter for theMinnesota Vikings of theNational Football League (NFL). He playedcollege football for theWake Forest Demon Deacons and was selected by the Vikings in the seventh round of the2024 NFL draft.
Jurgens was born on January 1, 2000, and grew up inDamascus, Maryland.[1] He attendedDamascus High School where he was teamcaptain and was a topoffensive lineman, helping the team go 42–0 in his career.[2] He was named first-team All-Met, All-State, and the team offensive lineman of the year as ajunior, and then was first-team All-Met and the MCPS Coaches 3A-2A Player of the Year as asenior.[2] He played at the Maryland Crab Bowl all-star game and set Damascus records for single-game, season and career pancake blocks.[2] He committed to playcollege football for theWake Forest Demon Deacons as a three-star recruit.[2]
Jurgensredshirted as a truefreshman at Wake Forest in 2018 while appearing in two games.[2][3] He then played 13 games in 2019, and started eight games in 2020 while playingcenter.[2] In 2021, he started all 13 games at center and helped them to 11 wins which included aGator Bowl victory, earning honorable mention All-Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) honors.[4] He again started all 13 games in 2022 and repeated as an honorable mention All-ACC selection.[2] He opted to return for a final season in 2023.[5] He was team captain and was chosen second-team All-ACC in his last year.[6]
| Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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| 6 ft4+3⁄4 in (1.95 m) | 307 lb (139 kg) | 32 in (0.81 m) | 9+3⁄8 in (0.24 m) | 5.43 s | 1.80 s | 3.09 s | 4.80 s | 7.50 s | 32 in (0.81 m) | 8 ft 11 in (2.72 m) | 22 reps | |
| All values fromPro Day[7] | ||||||||||||
Jurgens was selected by theMinnesota Vikings in the seventh round (230th overall) of the2024 NFL draft.[8]