Former Minnesota Vikings standout Cordarrelle Patterson was arrested Saturday morning in East Tennessee on a domestic assault charge, according to a TMZ Sports report.
The Sevier County jail’s online inmate record shows Patterson, 35, was booked at 11:11 a.m. ET on Oct. 17 after the Sevierville Police Department made the arrest.
He is listed as a pretrial misdemeanant on one count of domestic assault with a $1,000 bond. Patterson was released at 10:15 p.m.
Saturday, roughly 11 hours after he was booked.
At this point, the jail record is the only public official document tied to the arrest. Sevierville police have not said what prompted the case or identified who was involved, and Patterson has not made a public statement.
As of Sunday, Tennessee’s online court records did not yet show a case for Patterson in Sevier County. That can happen before the General Sessions clerk’s office files the warrant, and that office operates only on weekdays. The next public development would be a General Sessions court filing in Sevier County, which would include Patterson’s first court date.
Patterson, a 4x Pro Bowler, spent his first four NFL seasons with Minnesota after the Vikings selected him 29th overall out of Tennessee in 2013. He made an immediate splash as a rookie, returning 43 kickoffs for 1,393 yards and two touchdowns, including a 109-yard return. He also added three rushing touchdowns and four receiving touchdowns for nine total scores.
His nine career kickoff-return touchdowns are the most in NFL history, and five of them came in a Vikings uniform.
Over four seasons in Minnesota from 2013-16, Patterson returned 134 kickoffs for 4,075 yards, good for a 30.4-yard average, and five touchdowns. He also caught 132 passes for 1,316 yards and seven touchdowns and rushed 31 times for 333 yards and four more scores.
Patterson is currently a free agent. His last NFL action came in 2024 with the Pittsburgh Steelers, who released him before the 2025 season. In 13 games with Pittsburgh, he rushed for 135 yards on 32 carries, caught 12 passes for 80 yards and a touchdown, and returned 11 kickoffs for 240 yards.
After leaving Minnesota, he played for the Raiders, Patriots, Bears, Falcons and Steelers. He won Super Bowl LIII with New England, led the NFL in kick return yards in 2019 and 2020 with Chicago, and posted a career-high 695 rushing yards and eight touchdowns with Atlanta in 2022.
In 183 career games, Patterson has 8,229 kickoff-return yards and 48 total touchdowns.
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