Connections! Bucs-Vikings
• Buccaneers General Manager Mark Dominik is a native of St. Cloud, Minnesota.
• Buccaneers Head Strength & Conditioning Coach Kurtis Shultz spent two seasons (2004- 05) as the Minnesota Vikings Head Strength & Conditioning Coach under former head coach, Mike Tice.
• Buccaneers Defensive Line Coach Keith Millard was drafted by the Minnesota Vikings with the 13th overall pick in the 1984 NFL Draft. In 1989 he registered 18 sacks and earned his second consecutive Pro Bowl invitation and third consecutive All-Pro honor. He was also named the 1989 NFL Defensive Player of the Year.
• Buccaneers Offensive Line Coach Pat Morris spent five seasons (2006-10) as the Minnesota Vikings offensive line coach.
• Buccaneers T Donald Penn was originally signed by the Minnesota Vikings as an undrafted free agent in 2006 and spent time on the team’s practice squad. He was later signed by the Buccaneers off the Vikings practice squad.
• Vikings Wide Receivers Coach George Stewart spent four years (1992-95) with the Buccaneers working with the special teams unit.
• Vikings Defensive Backs Coach Joe Woods coached with the Bucs for two seasons (2004- 05).
• Vikings WR Percy Harvin played collegiately for the University of Florida, and helped the Gators win two BCS National Championships in his three seasons with the school.
• Vikings RB Lorenzo Booker played collegiately for Florida State University.
• Vikings T Patrick Brown played collegiately for the University of Central Florida.
• Vikings DT Letroy Guion attended Bradford High, Florida, and played collegiately at Florida State University.
• Vikings 2011 first-round pick, QB Christian Ponder, played collegiately for Florida State University.
• Vikings S Mistral Raymond played collegiately for University of South Florida.
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