Garrett Bradbury enters his fifth season with the Vikings in 2023. He was originally drafted by Minnesota in the first-round (18th overall) in the 2019 NFL Draft and has started in all 57 career games he has played in with the Vikings. In 2022, Bradbury helped the Vikings offense rank eighth in the NFL in scoring (24.9 ppg) and he recorded a career-high 68.1 pass block grade according to Pro Football Focus. The Charlotte, North Carolina, native attended North Carolina State and started in 39 of his 48 games for the Wolfpack.
• In November 2019, helped give away 250 turkeys with other offensive linemen at The Salvation Army-Citadel Worship and Service Center in St. Paul.
• Earned degree in business supply operations management in 2017 and played the 2018 season as a graduate student.
• Father, Tim, played football at Eastern Washington and Montana State.
• Married wife, Carson, in Spring 2021.
• Named the Vikings 2019 Rookie of the Year as part of annual Minnesota Football Honors program.
• The only Vikings center to be drafted in the 1st round, going #18 overall in the 2019 NFL Draft.
• The 3rd NC State player selected in the 1st round by the Vikings, joining RB Ted Brown in 1979 (#16) and CB Dewayne Washington in 1994 (#18).
• The previously highest-drafted center by the Vikings was Dave Huffman in the 2nd round (#43) in 1979.
• Made his NFL debut in season opener vs. Atlanta (9/8/19).
• Started all 16 games as the Vikings offense totaled the 7th-most rushing yards (2,283) and the 2nd-most scrimmage yards (6,548) in team history.
• Vikings ranked #4 in NFL total offense, a 12-spot jump from 2019, and scored 55 offensive TDs, the 2nd-best mark in team history behind the 1998 squad.
• Helped RB Dalvin Cook rush for 1,557 yards, the 3rd-best mark in Vikings history and the 2nd-most in the NFL for the year.
• Cook had 16 rushing TDs, the 2nd-best season mark in Vikings history, and earned a 2nd-straight Pro Bowl berth.
• Cook tied a team record in win at Green Bay (11/1) by scoring 4 TDs in a game (3 rushing, 1 receiving), only the 3rd time in Vikings history the feat has been accomplished, and tied the team record with 3 rushing TDs in a game.
• Helped rookie WR Justin Jefferson re-write the NFL and team record book with an NFL post-merger record 1,400 yards receiving and a team-record 88 catches en route to 2nd-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl berth.
• Protected QB Kirk Cousins as he threw for a career-high 35 TD passes and a 105.0 passer rating, the 2nd-most TD passes in a season by a Vikings QB and the 1st time in team history a QB had consecutive seasons with a 100+ passer rating.
• The unit paved the way for 382 total yards of offense, 2 rushing TDs by Cook and 3 successful 2-point conversions vs. Green Bay (9/13).
• Helped Minnesota to 410 net yards of offense as the Vikings had a pair of 100-yard receivers and a 100-yard rusher at Houston (10/4) for the first time since 2000.
• Line allowed just 1 sack while the offense posted 487 net yards and Cook rushed for 206 yards, including a 70-yard rushing TD in win vs. Detroit (11/8).
• Paved the way for the offense as Minnesota became the second team in NFL history to have four different receivers with seven-plus catches and 60 or more yards in the same game vs. Carolina (11/29).
• Became the 1st player in Vikings history to start 16 games at center as a rookie. Only the 2nd player in franchise history to start every regular-season game at center as a rookie, as Mick Tingelhoff started all 14 games as a rookie C in 1962.
• Joined Harrison Smith as the only current Vikings to start all 16 games as a rookie for Minnesota.
• Minnesota allowed 0 sacks in 5 total games, tying a franchise record. The Vikings allowed 1 sack or fewer in 11 games in 2019, a new single-season franchise record.
• Became just the 3rd rookie C in Vikings history to start a Week 1 game by doing so in his NFL debut vs. Atlanta (9/8). Was also part of a line that did not give up a sack on the day.
• Started at C as the offensive line blocked for Dalvin Cook's career-high 154 rushing yards at Green Bay (9/15).
• Started at C as Minnesota put up 490 yards of offense at NY Giants (10/6).
• Started at C vs. Philadelphia (10/13) as the Vikings offense scored 38 points.
• Started at C at Detroit (10/20) as Minnesota posted 503 total yards of offense, the most since 558 total yards vs. Atlanta on 9/28/14, and scored 42 points, the most in a game since Minnesota scored 49 points vs. the New York Giants on 12/27/15.
• Started at C vs. Washington (10/24) as the Vikings offense was not forced to punt for the first time since the 2004 season.
• Started in 27-23 Vikings win vs. Denver (11/17) as Minnesota scored 27 2nd-half points after being down 20-0 at half.
• Caught a tipped pass to record the 1st reception of his career vs. Detroit (12/8).
• Started at C in the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20), his NFL postseason debut.
• Started and had his 2nd career catch in the Divisional game vs. San Francisco (1/11/20), gaining 2 yards off a deflected pass. The play made him the 1st Vikings offensive lineman with a postseason reception since Ed White vs. Dallas (12/25/71).
• Started final 39 straight games and played in 48 for NCSU.
• Capped college career by earning the Rimington Award as the top center in the country. Was a semifinalist for the Outland Trophy as a senior, the only center among the semifinalists.
• Consensus All-America and 1st-Team All-ACC as a senior.
• Served as a team captain as a senior and paved the way for the Wolfpack to have a 1,000-yard rusher (1,091 by Reggie Gallaspy), 3,000-yard passer (3,928 by Ryan Finley) and a pair of 1,000-yard receivers (1,186 by Kelvin Harmon and 1,047 by Jakobi Meyers).
• Awarded 1st-Team All-ACC by media as a junior and honorable mention by the ACC coaches.
• During junior campaign, the Wolfpack's RB Nyheim Hines broke the 1,000-yard mark (1,113), Harmon had 1,017 yards receiving and Finley threw for 3,514 yards.
• Team went 9-4 as a junior and as a senior, ending season ranked #23 in 2017 following a win over Arizona State in the Sun Bowl.
• During final 3 seasons, he blocked for 3 different 1,000-yard rushers and protected Finley as the QB broke the 3,000-yard mark each year.
• Made transition from TE to OL as a redshirt freshman in 2015.
• Redshirted as a TE during first season in 2014.
• Was an Academic All-District selection as a senior and shared the Wolfpack award.
• Named Academic All-ACC each of his 4 years.
• Led Charlotte Christian to North Carolina Independent Schools Athletic Association state titles in 2012 and 2013 as a junior and senior.
• Hauled in 12 receiving TDs as a prep, 6 of those as a senior.
• Ranked as #58 TE in nation by Scout.com and #54 by ESPN.
• Standout baseball catcher.
