Kicker Will Reichard earned First-Team All-Pro honors, while long snapper Andrew DePaola was named Second-Team All-Pro.
The Minnesota Vikings didn't have anyone selected to the Pro Bowl Games next month. But they made up for it as two players earned All-Pro honors.
On Saturday, kicker Will Reichard was named First-Team All-Pro after hitting 33/35 field goal attempts and all 31 extra-point tries. Long snapper Andrew DePaola made Second-Team All-Pro.
It was just the latest accolade Reichard received this week. The second-year kicker was named NFC Special Teams Player of the Month for December/January after making all 12 field goal attempts and all 12 extra point opportunities.
First-place votes are worth three points. Second-place votes are worth one. Reichard had 55 points total, including 15 first-place votes.
This is the fourth straight season that DePaola has been named an All-Pro. He was named first-team in 2022 and 2024 and second-team in 2023. That makes him the first long snapper in NFL history to earn All-Pro honors in four consecutive seasons.
DePaola received nine first-place votes and finished with 31 points. He trailed only Jacksonville's Ross Matiscik (66 points, 18 first-place votes) among long snappers.
That made his Pro Bowl exclusion odd. He was selected to the Pro Bowl each of the past three seasons, yet lost out to Jon Weeks of the San Francisco 49ers. Long snappers don't receive much attention, making it puzzling that DePaola didn't get selected based on his established reputation.
The Vikings fell short of expectations in 2025, so it's not a huge surprise that they didn't get more All-Pro selections. But it's also hard to argue that anyone else deserved the postseason honor.
Still, several other players received votes. Fullback C.J. Ham (1 vote), receiver Justin Jefferson (1), right tackle Brian O'Neill (1), interior defensive lineman Jalen Redmond (1), linebacker Eric Wilson (3 points from one first-place vote), safety Harrison Smith (1), returner Myles Price (1) and punter Ryan Wright (8 points, 1 first-place vote) received votes as well.
Reichard is only the third kicker in Vikings history to be named First-Team All-Pro (Gary Anderson, 1998; Blair Walsh, 2012). Ironically, those two kickers live forever in infamy in Minnesota, as crucial misses in playoff games derailed Super Bowl aspirations in the 1998 and 2015 postseasons.
Hopefully, Reichard continues his upward trajectory. He turned 25 on Friday and has been automatic in his two-year NFL career. His only inconsistency came after a quad injury affected him over his final six games of the regular season in 2024.
DePaola, meanwhile, will be 38 when the 2026 season begins, but he told reporters in the team's exit press conferences that he plans to keep playing. He might as well, as he has been effective and helps Reichard's own operation run smoothly.