Vikings' Aaron Jones downplays age, recalls 'trying to get older women' when younger

Minnesota Vikings moving backmost Aaron Jones had 1 of the champion seasons of his vocation successful 2024 and made wide connected Monday that, to him, property is conscionable a number.

Jones volition beryllium 31 years aged astatine the extremity of the 2025 season. He had 1,138 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns connected 255 carries. He besides had 51 catches for 408 yards and 2 touchdowns. All the numbers came successful his archetypal twelvemonth with the Vikings.

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Minnesota Vikings moving backmost Aaron Jones runs with the shot against Green Bay Packers astatine U.S. Bank Stadium successful Minneapolis, Dec. 29, 2024. (Brad Rempel-Imagn Images)

"I consciousness the champion I person ever felt," Jones told reporters. "Feel similar I’m backmost to 24, 25 years old. Age is conscionable a number. It’s conscionable a number. I’ve been saying that since I was a small kid trying to get older women, property is conscionable a number. But it truly is. If you enactment young (mentally) and proceed to enactment each day, that’s truly what it is."

Jones signed a two-year declaration hold with the Vikings astatine the opening of the offseason. He joined Minnesota from the Green Bay Packers.

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Minnesota Vikings moving backmost Aaron Jones Sr. during the NFC wild-card crippled against the Los Angeles Rams astatine State Farm Stadium successful Glendale, Arizona, Jan. 13, 2025. (Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images)

Minnesota was the astonishment squad of the twelvemonth arsenic Sam Darold led the Vikings to a 14-3 record, astir winning the NFC North division.

However, the Vikings’ tally would extremity aboriginal with a nonaccomplishment successful the NFC wild-card circular to the Los Angeles Rams. 

Minnesota Vikings moving backmost Aaron Jones runs the shot against the Houston Texans astatine U.S. Bank Stadium, Sept. 22, 2024. (Jeffrey Becker-Imagn Images)

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Minnesota volition person a caller starting backmost nether halfway successful 2025 arsenic Darnold near for the Seattle Seahawks. Right now, it’s acceptable to beryllium J.J. McCarthy.

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