Minnesota Vikings Transactions - 2012
| MAY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| May 23, 2012 | Signed TE Rhett Ellison. |
| May 22, 2012 | Signed WR Jarius Wright, WR Greg Childs, DB Robert Blanton, K Blair Walsh, LB Audie Cole and DT Trevor Guyton. |
| May 18, 2012 | Signed OT Levi Horn. |
| May 17, 2012 | Waived T Kevin Murphy and CB C.C. Whitlock. |
| May 16, 2012 | Signed DE Nick Reed. Waived DE Kevin Cyrille. |
| May 16, 2012 | Signed OT Kevin Murphy. Waived OT Jose Valdez. |
| May 14, 2012 | Signed G Tyler Holmes. Waived WR Kris Adams. |
| May 7, 2012 | Released K Ryan Longwell. |
| May 2, 2012 | Waived TE Daniel Hardy and G Butch Lewis. |
| May 2, 2012 | Waived TE Daniel Hardy and G Butch Lewis. |
| APRIL | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| April 26, 2012 | Signed WR Jerome Simpson. |
| April 10, 2012 | Signed LB Marvin Mitchell. |
| MARCH | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| March 28, 2012 | Re-signed WR Devin Aromashodu to a one-year contract. |
| March 27, 2012 | Re-signed LB Erin Henderson to a one-year contract. Signed CB Zack Bowman to a one-year contract. |
| March 21, 2012 | Re-signed DT Fred Evans. Signed RB Lex Hilliard. Released NT Remi Ayodele. Agreed to terms with OL Geoff Schwartz. |
| March 20, 2012 | Signed FB Jerome Felton. |
| March 14, 2012 | Signed TE John Carlson to a five-year contract. |
| March 14, 2012 | Signed TE John Carlson to a five-year contract. |
| March 10, 2012 | Released G Steve Hutchinson, G Anthony Herrera and CB Cedric Griffin. |
| JANUARY | |
| DATE | TRANSACTION |
| January 31, 2012 | Signed LB Elimimian Solomon. |
| January 19, 2012 | Named Alan Williams defensive coordinator. |
| January 3, 2012 | Promoted Rick Spielman to general manager. |
| January 2, 2012 | Signed WR Kris Adams, G Chris DeGeare, DB Reggie Jones, G Butch Lewis, LB Tyrone McKenzie, TE Allen Reisner and WR Kerry Taylor to reserve-future contracts. |
