OLB · Minnesota Vikings · #43
Andrew Van Ginkel
ROLB1- College
- South Dakota
- Height
- 6'4"
- Weight
- 242 lb
- Experience
- 8th season
Tackles
17▼ 34 vs '25
87th of 123 LBs
Stops
17▼ 18 vs '25
60th of 123 LBs
Yards per run tackle
0.6▼ 2.6 vs '25
4th of 123 LBs
Missed tackle rate
5.6%▼ 1.3 vs '25
46th of 123 LBs
Coverage
14 targets
35.7 cmp% · 1.6 y/tgt · 1 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 | 55 | 80.9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 33.3 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 2 @ CHIW | 64 | 86.5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1.0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 100.0 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 3 @ TBW | 54 | 78.3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wk 4 vs MIAW | 33 | 84.6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 5 @ NOW | 43 | 95.6 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | −1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Wk 7 vs INDW | 52 | 85.2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Season | 301 | 84.6 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4.0 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 35.7 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 |
How he compares
2026 linebackers who qualify · dashed lines mark the group average
Contract
signed 2025 with Vikings
$23Mover 1 year
- Avg. per year
- $23M
- Guaranteed
- $22.4M 98%
- 2026 cap hit
- $19.3M 6.1% of the cap
- Signed
- 2025
- Runs through
- 2025
2025
Career by season
| Overall | Tackling | Pass rush | Coverage | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | ||||||||||||||||
| 2026 | 6 | 301 | 84.6 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5.6 | 4.0 | 9 | 11 | 14 | 14.6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 582 | 76.7 | 51 | 35 | 11 | 6.9 | 7.0 | 13 | 16 | 26 | 63.8 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 17 | 922 | 81.2 | 70 | 53 | 18 | 6.0 | 11.5 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 72.5 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 2023 | 17 | 726 | 65.7 | 58 | 45 | 8 | 8.2 | 6.0 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 55.9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | 17 | 334 | 30.7 | 45 | 25 | 2 | 6.3 | 0.5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 60.2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 17 | 801 | 71.1 | 61 | 41 | 9 | 16.5 | 4.0 | 20 | 31 | 29 | 102.0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020 | 16 | 480 | 46.5 | 45 | 27 | 6 | 10.2 | 5.5 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 94.4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019 | 6 | 197 | 45.1 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 15.4 | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 86.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Career | 108 | 4,343 | 61.7 | 362 | 250 | 63 | 9.3 | 39.5 | 98 | 127 | 138 | 70.8 | 6 | 38 | 6 | 3 |