Mike Boone

TRANSACTIONS: Signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a college free agent on April 30, 2018...Signed with the Denver Broncos on March 18, 2021...Placed on Reserve/Injured on September 1, 2021 and activated on October 16...Placed on Reserve/Injured on October 24, 2022 and activated on Decmeber 3, 2022...Placed back on Reserve/Injured on December 13, 2022...Signed with the Houston Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 17, 2023.

TRANSACTIONS: Signed with the Minnesota Vikings as a college free agent on April 30, 2018...Signed with the Denver Broncos on March 18, 2021...Placed on Reserve/Injured on September 1, 2021 and activated on October 16...Placed on Reserve/Injured on October 24, 2022 and activated on Decmeber 3, 2022...Placed back on Reserve/Injured on December 13, 2022...Signed with the Houston Texans as an unrestricted free agent on March 17, 2023.

HONORS:

• NFC Special Teams Player of the Week (Week 4, 2020)

2022 (Denver 9/0):

• Appeared in nine games, recording 24 rushes for 105 yards (4.25 avg.) and nine catches for 96 yards (10.7 avg.)
• Set career highs in receptions (3), receiving yards (47) and receiving long (34) vs. Indianapolis (10/6) along with seven carries for 38 yards (5.4 avg.)
• Placed on Reserve/Injured list (ankle) during Weeks 8-12 and 15-18

2021 (Denver 8/0):

• Appeared in eight games, recording four rushes for 35 yards (8.8 avg.) and two catches for 22 yards (11.0 avg.)
• Missed Weeks 1-5 after being placed on injured reserve (quadriceps) on September 1
• Made his season and Broncos debut in Week 6, recording one reception for three yards vs. Las Vegas (10/17)
• Recorded one special-teams tackle (ninth of career) at Dallas (11/7)
• Rushed for 35 yards on four carries (8.8 avg.) and added one catch for a career-high 19-yards at Kansas City (12/5)

2020 (Minnesota 16/0):

• Saw action in all 16 games, recording 11 rushes for 59 yards (5.4 avg.) with one touchdown, two catches for 10 yards (5.0 avg.) and five special teams tackles
• Played 231 special teams snaps, contributing on several different units
• Forced a fumble on special teams at Houston (10/4) in Week 4, earning him NFC Special Teams Player of the Week honors
• Tallied a rushing touchdown (fourth of his career) on a 4-yard carry at New Orleans (12/25)
• Set season highs in rushes (5) and yards (29) in the season finale at Detroit (1/3)
• Collected one special teams tackle on five occasions (9/13 vs. Green Bay; 9/20 at Indianapolis; 10/4 at Houston; 10/11 at Seattle; 11/8 vs. Detroit)

2019 (Minnesota 16/2):

• Set career highs in rushes (49), yards (273), yards per rush (5.6) and rushing touchdowns (3) in 16 regular-season games played (2 starts)
• Saw action in Minnesota's two postseason contests
• Saw action in 222 special teams snaps, contributing on several different units
• Registered his first career score and multi-touchdown game, and notched 56 yards on 13 carries (4.3 avg.) at Los Angeles Chargers (12/15)
• Had 11 rushes for 28 yards (2.5 avg.) vs. Green Bay (12/23)
• Posted his first career 100-yard rushing performance, scored his third career touchdown and set career highs in rushes (17), rushing yards (148) and longest rush (59) in the season finale vs. Chicago (12/29)
• Added one special teams tackle on three occasions (10/13 vs. Philadelphia; 11/3 at Kansas City; 11/10 at Dallas)
• Played in the Viking's Wild Card Game overtime win at New Orleans (1/5) and in the divisional round contest at San Francisco (1/11)

2018 (Minnesota 8/0):

• Appeared in eight games in his rookie season with the Vikings and rushed 11 times for 47 yards (4.3 avg.)
• Recorded two rushes for 11 yards (5.5 avg.) in his first NFL action vs. Buffalo (9/23)
• Tallied a season-long rush of 20 yards vs. Arizona (10/14)
• Had three rushes for 11 yards (3.7 avg.) vs. New Orleans (10/28)

COLLEGE:

• Played four years (2014-17) at the University of Cincinnati
• Played 39 games and totaled 420 rushes for 2,250 yards (5.4 avg.) with 24 touchdowns and 65 receptions for 596 yards (9.2 avg.) with one score
• Played in 10 games (9 starts) as a senior in 2017, posting 463 yards on 110 carries (4.2 avg.) with four touchdowns to go with 24 receptions for 177 yards (7.4 avg.) with one score
• Saw action in nine games during his junior season in 2016 before sustaining a foot injury, tallying 105 rushes for 388 yards (3.7 avg.) with two rushing scores, 20 catches for 249 yards (12.5 avg.) and 21 kick returns for 506 yards (24.1 avg.)
• Posted his best statistical season in his sophomore campaign in 2015, recording 749 yards on 104 carries (7.2 avg.) with a career-high-tying nine touchdowns while adding 108 receiving yards on 15 catches (7.2 avg.)
• Originally scheduled to redshirt in 2014, Boone led the team in rushing yards (650) and touchdowns (9) in nine games, averaging 6.4 yards per attempt and had a scoring streak of seven consecutive games

PERSONAL:

• Born on June 30, 1995 in Macclenny, Fla.
• Boone graduated from Baker County High School in Glen St. Mary, Fla., where he played for coach Ryan Sulkowski and led his team to 7-3 record as a senior and tallied 57 receptions for 1,068 yards with 18 scores
• Set a school record with 211 receiving yards in a single game