By 8 p.m. central time, the Minnesota Vikings needed to make 22 cuts to get to their final roster of 53 players.

Below are the transactions confirmed by Vikings.com to get to 53 players:

Placed On Reserve/Injured
OT DeMarcus Love

Contract Termination – Vested Veteran
CB Chris Carr
DE Jeff Charleston
S Eric Frampton
QB Sage Rosenfels

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The Vikings reported for training camp at Mankato in the morning.  However, they don’t step foot on to the practice field until Friday.  In order to prepare for training camp, I thought I’d look at how the Vikings have at each position.

Up now, safeties and cornerbacks!

Safeties

Harrison Smith

The Vikings moved back into the first round int he 2012 draft to select Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith with aspirations of him improving the safety position.

Career stats:

• 309 tackles — 18.5 tackles for a loss
• 28 pass breakups

Mistral Raymond

The Vikings selected Mistral Raymond in the sixth round of the 2011 NFL Draft.

2011 stats (10 games — 5 starts):

• 36 tackles
• 1 interception

Eric Frampton

Eric Frampton was a special teams standout in 2011 and his teammates took notice when they named their team’s Special Teams MVP.  On special teams, Frampton totaled 22 tackles.

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Minnesota media flooded Winter Park today to get a glimpse of the 2012 Minnesota Vikings on the field during their first day of their three day mandatory mini-camp.  Below are the top tweets from the reporters in attendance.

Tom Pelissero (1500ESPN)

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