The four-time Pro Bowl center had been on injured reserve after sustaining two concussions in a 15-day period.
Minnesota Vikings center Ryan Kelly plays during an NFL game against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 28, 2025, at Croke Park in Dublin, Ireland.the Minnesota Star Tribune about his concerns. “And then I realized I’m not done.
I still love this game.”Kelly entered the NFL as the 18th pick in the 2016 draft after winning the Rimington Trophy as the nation’s best center for Alabama’s 2015 CFP national-championship team. He spent nine seasons and earned Pro Bowl recognition four times with the Indianapolis Colts before leaving for Minnesota.After Kelly handled every snap for Minnesota in a season-opening 27-24 victory over the Chicago Bears on Sept. 8, he went into the NFL’s concussion protocol in the first half of a 22-6 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sept. 14. Kelly missed the Vikings’ 48-10 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 21. Back in the lineup against the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 28, Kelly couldn’t come out for the second half of a 24-21 loss.. “He’s been really darn good at it for a long time and is itching to get back out there.”Alabama alumnus tops NFL’s fines list for the second straight weekThe 4-6 Vikings and the 6-3-1 Packers square off at noon CST Sunday at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, in an NFC North game.to play in 125 NFL regular-season games on Sunday. Kelly has never played in an NFL game as a reserve.The 2025 season is the 12th that Mark Inabinett has covered players with Alabama football roots in the NFL. Inabinett's byline appeared in a newspaper for the first time in 1976. The intervening years have...If you purchase a product or register for an account through a link on our site, we may receive compensation.and agree that your clicks, interactions, and personal information may be collected, recorded, and/or stored by us and social media and other third-party partners in accordance with our
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