Vikings WR Harvin will play Pro Bowl as a kick returner

In his first year since putting on NFL jersey, the Minnesota Vikings rookie wide receiver Percy Harvin made it to his first Pro Bowl game, and he himself becomes the Vikings’ second kick returner to make the Pro Bowl NFC team, joining Koren Robinson, who played as kick returner in NFC in 2005.

Harvin was added to the NFC roster on Monday by the NFL, and his joining made the Vikings stretch a league-high total of Pro Bowl players to nine. Harvin was added later than other Pro Bowl players because the position was taken previously by the Philadelphia Eagles DeSean Jackson, who occupied bother wide receiver and kick returner in the NFC team before the league made a decision on who could fill the spot.

Jackson received the least voting points for the kick returner spot, and the league used his team at the spot and planned to find a best player to fill the void. The player turned out to be Harvin, who returned two kickoffs for touchdowns and finished fourth in the NFL with an average of 27.5 yards per return as well as set Minnesota’s single-season franchise record for all-purpose yardage.

Vikings waived WR Glenn Holt Thursday

After the Minnesota Vikings drafted receiver Percy Harvin, wide receiver Glenn Holt became expendable and they finally decided to waive him yesterday.

The Vikings signed Holt after he left the Cincinnati Bengals and became a free agent in the offseason. He was brought in to compete for job on kick returning. However, Harvin’s joining reduced his value. The Vikings began to put their expectation on the rookie receiver, even though Holt is a four-year veteran and led the Bengals in kick return yardage each of the past three seasons.

Harvin was not the only reason for Vikings’ move. Both receivers Jaymar Johnson and Darius Reynaud have impressed the Vikings more than Holt, thus there was no chance for him to compete for a spot any more.