Vikings receiver Rondale Moore will miss 2025 season with left knee injury

Andrew Krammer, Star Tribune on Aug 12, 2025

Published in Football

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MINNEAPOLIS — Vikings receiver Rondale Moore suffered a season-ending knee injury Saturday and will miss his second straight NFL season due to an August injury.

Moore, the 25-year-old former second-round pick out of Purdue in 2021, sustained the injury during his first and only snap of the Vikings’ preseason win against the Houston Texans.

He was placed on injured reserve Tuesday afternoon.

Expected to compete for the Vikings’ punt returner job, Moore was injured during a 2-yard return while he was tackled from behind by Texans linebacker Jamal Hill in the second quarter.

Coach Kevin O’Connell called the injury “heartbreaking” for Moore, who also spent the past year on injured reserve with the Atlanta Falcons rehabbing from what Vikings special teams coordinator Matt Daniels called a dislocated right kneecap suffered during practice last summer.

Moore had worked his way back from last year’s injury to sign a one-year, $2 million deal with the Vikings in March that came with $250,000 guaranteed.

Daniels will have to look elsewhere for a new punt returner. Internal candidates include four receivers — Lucky Jackson, Jalen Nailor, Silas Bolden and Myles Price — who fielded punt returns during Monday’s practice at the team’s Eagan headquarters.

Receiver Brandon Powell also remains a free agent after averaging 7.1 yards per punt return last season for the Vikings.

In addition to placing Moore on injured reserve, the Vikings moved backup center Zeke Correll to the waived/injured list following his right ankle fracture suffered Saturday.

The Vikings also waived fourth-year linebacker Brian Asamoah II. A third-round pick in 2022, Asamoah appeared more on special teams than he has on defense through three seasons. Cutting Asamoah saves the Vikings $1.45 million of cap space, which could be put toward a replacement for Moore.

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Emily Leiker of the Minnesota Star Tribune contributed to this story.