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The Vikings will be bringing linebacker Audie Cole back for the 2016 season.

According to multiple reports, the Vikings and Cole have agreed to a one-year deal that will keep Cole from hitting the open market on Wednesday.

Cole joined the Vikings as a seventh-round pick in 2012 and has made seven starts in 41 appearances for the team over the last four seasons. He’s also been a key part of their special teams units, although he missed the second half of last season after fracturing his ankle. Cole said this week that the injury won’t be an issue this year.

“I’m feeling good,” Cole said, via the Pioneer Press. “I’m working out. I’m 100 percent.”

Cole joins safety Andrew Sendejo as possible defensive free agents that the Vikings have re-signed before the start of the league year. The Vikings have 12 other players set to hit the open market on Wednesday.