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NFL: One breakout star for each team in the 2018 season

By George Stockburger

KANSAS CITY, MO - AUGUST 31: Quarterback Patrick Mahomes
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MINNEAPOLIS, MN – AUGUST 27: Ben Gedeon #42 of the Minnesota Vikings lines up at the line of scrimmage against the San Francisco 49ers in the preseason game on August 27, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings defeated the 49ers 32-31. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images)
MINNEAPOLIS, MN – AUGUST 27: Ben Gedeon #42 of the Minnesota Vikings lines up at the line of scrimmage against the San Francisco 49ers in the preseason game on August 27, 2017 at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Vikings defeated the 49ers 32-31. (Photo by Hannah Foslien/Getty Images) /

LB, Minnesota Vikings. . Ben Gedeon. . team. 60.

Potential breakout players are hard to come by on the Minnesota Vikings mostly because they have one of the best, if not the best, rosters in the league. Nearly every starting job is already set with little competition heading into training camp.

One player the Vikings could see a meteoric rise from is Ben Gedeon, a second-year linebacker out of Michigan. Drafted in the fourth round last year Gedeon started nine games and projects to be the Vikings starting WILL linebacker.

Gedeon made just 15 tackles last year in limited playing time behind free agent addition Emmanuel Lamur and the bevy of Vikings linebackers. This year he’s the guy with limited proven depth at the linebacker position.

Playing next to Anthony Barr and Eric Kendricks, two of the best linebackers in the league, can only help Gedeon in his second year.

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