As his name blared over the loud speakers on Sunday afternoon at U.S. Bank Stadium, Harrison Smith slowly walked into sight before sprinting onto the field to a massive ovation from the Vikings’ home crowd.

It’s fitting that Smith was the last player out of the tunnel ahead of his 200th game in the NFL. Originally selected in the first round of the 2012 draft out of Notre Dame, the 36-year-old safety has spent his whole career with the Vikings.

“It’s something that I didn’t set out to think I’d do,” Smith said. “To be in a small group of guys that have done it with the Vikings is pretty special.”

The others players in franchise history with at least 200 games include Jim Marshall (270), Mick Tingelhoff (240), Fred Cox (210), Carl Eller (209) and Scott Studwell (201).

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