LB · Minnesota Vikings · #55
Eric Wilson
LILB1- College
- Northwestern
- Height
- 6'1"
- Weight
- 230 lb
- Experience
- 10th season
Tackles
30▼ 81 vs '25
64th of 123 LBs
Stops
20▼ 45 vs '25
45th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
3.4▲ 0.1 vs '25
71st of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
11.8%▲ 0.9 vs '25
93rd of 123 LBs
Coverage
14 targets
85.7 cmp% · 7.0 y/tgt · 0 int
Ranks compare against the 123 qualifying linebackers on the 2026 leaderboard.
Week-by-week
Tackles by game, dashed line = 2025 per-game average
2026 game log
| Usage | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Game | ||||||||||||||
| Wk 1 vs GBW | 67 | 98.5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ CHIW | 66 | 89.2 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 100.0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ TBW | 66 | 95.7 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 75.0 | 11.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Wk 4 vs MIAW | 36 | 92.3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ NOW | 42 | 93.3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 100.0 | 5.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs INDW | 56 | 91.8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 333 | 93.5 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 4 | 2.0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 85.7 | 7.0 | 0 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2026 with Vikings
$22.5Mover 3 years
- Avg. per year
- $7.5M
- Guaranteed
- $12.5M 56%
- 2026 cap hit
- $4.1M 1.3% of the cap
- Signed
- 2026
- Runs through
- 2028
2026 · now
2027
2028
Year 1 of 3 ·
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 333 | 93.5 | 30 | 20 | 3 | 11.8 | 2.0 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 95.8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 17 | 965 | 90.1 | 111 | 65 | 17 | 10.9 | 6.5 | 10 | 18 | 40 | 83.2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 558 | 51.4 | 67 | 31 | 7 | 12.5 | 2.0 | 4 | 6 | 34 | 109.7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 2023 | 12 | 121 | 24.6 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 7.1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 97.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 10 | 35 | 30.2 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 10 | 299 | 48.5 | 43 | 18 | 1 | 6.5 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 96.2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 1,034 | 96.2 | 118 | 38 | 7 | 12.2 | 3.0 | 9 | 10 | 65 | 74.3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2019 | 16 | 379 | 32.8 | 59 | 28 | 6 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 97.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 16 | 336 | 36.7 | 39 | 17 | 4 | 12.5 | 2.0 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 105.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 7 | – | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 0.0 | 0 | – | – | – | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Career | 127 | 4,060 | 59.0 | 519 | 226 | 46 | 10.3 | 19.5 | 41 | 55 | 231 | 93.1 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 0 |