The Minnesota Vikings awarded former Wisconsin linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel a one-year, $23 million contract extension on Tuesday. The deal, as first reported by ESPN's Adam Schefter, includes $22.4 ...

The Minnesota Vikings handed out a major contract extension to a former Wisconsin Badgers football player who transferred to UW from a community college.

For comparison, former Badger T.J. Watt makes around $28 million with the Pittsburgh Steelers. The short length of Van Ginkel's new contract could land him another big payday soon, if he continues ...