Eric Wilson holds the WLB · Starter spot in Minnesota Vikings’s linebacker room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

Eric Wilson played 17 games in 2025 with a 90% snap share.

Eric Wilson is a 6'1", 230-pound weakside linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings, where he signed as an undrafted free agent in 2017 out of Cincinnati. He transferred to Cincinnati after his true freshman year at Northwestern, playing 38 games for the Bearcats and recording 265 total tackles and 14.5 sacks. Wilson spent his first four seasons with Minnesota (2017-20) before stints with Philadelphia, Houston, New Orleans, and Green Bay (2021-24). In 2024 with Green Bay, he started 12 of 17 games and recorded 72 tackles, seven for loss, and 2.0 sacks. Entering his tenth season, Wilson recorded 6.5 sacks in 2025.

Vikings2017 – 2020

Texans2021

Packers2022 – 2024

Vikings2025 — present

CollegeCincinnati; NorthwesternHometownRedford, MI