The Minnesota Vikings have signed WR Terrell Sinkfield to a reserve/future contract.
The Minnetonka, Minn., native most recently played in the Canadian Football League for the Toronto Argonauts and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Sinkfield caught 10 passes for 120 yards and had 613 return yards and a touchdown in 7 games for Hamilton, averaging over 100 all-purpose yards per game helping the TiCats to the Grey Cup game in 2014 where they fell to the Calgary Stampeders.
Prior to his time in the CFL, the University of Northern Iowa product spent time with the Miami Dolphins and Green Bay Packers as a rookie free agent, before joining the Buffalo Bills for their 2013 training camp. He spent the remainder of the 2013 preseason with the New York Giants.
Sinkfield was a three year starter for UNI, playing in 39 games and accumulating 1,097 yards through the air for 10 touchdowns. He averaged 14.4 yards per reception on 76 total catches during his career as a Panther. Following his playing career at Hopkins High School, Sinkfield was named to the Minneapolis Star Tribune’s 3rd-Team All-Metro.
[Source: Minnesota Vikings press release]
