Abdullahreturns to Minnesota for his fifth NFL season.The Homewood, Alabama, native was originally drafted by Detroit in the second round of the 2015 NFL Draft (54thoverall) before being claimed via waivers by the Vikings in Week 10 of the 2018 NFL season.
In 2018 Abdullah served as Minnesota’s primary kick returner for the last seven games of the regular season, finishing with 258 yards on 10 kick returns with a long of 33 yards. Throughout his career, Abdullah has played in 42 career games with 22 starts, notching six rushing and three receiving touchdowns. The Nebraska graduate finished fifth in the NFL and second among rookies in 2015 with 1,857 all-purpose yards (597 rushing, 183 receiving and 1,077 kickoff) in his debut season.