EAGAN, Minnesota – Minnesota Vikings star Dalvin Cook will miss Sunday’s game against the Detroit Lions due to his father’s death, according to a league source.
Cook returned to his home in Miami on Tuesday to be with his brothers and will miss the Vikings’ daily COVID-19 tests, making him unavailable for Sunday’s season finale, according to the source.
Cook’s father, James, was 46 years old.
Cook leads the NFL a few yards from scores (1,918) and game yards per game (137) and has scored 17 touchdowns this season. He is second in the league in speed yards, with 1,557 behind Tennessee Titans star Derrick Henry (1,777).
Cook joined Adrian Peterson and Robert Smith as the only players in Viking history to rush 1,500 meters in a single season.
During his weekly press conference on Wednesday, Vikings coach Mike Zimmer declined to say whether he made a decision to rest the rookies in Week 17 after the Vikings were eliminated from the postseason dispute in a loss. on Christmas Day against the New Orleans Saints.