Barring the unforeseen, Chad Greenway will play his final NFL season in 2016. It’s the way the Vikings linebacker wants to go out.

Greenway signed a one-year, $2.75 million contract last Monday to return for an 11th season. He reflected upon that Sunday night after being named Vikings Community Man of the Year at the Minnesota Football Honors banquet at the Minneapolis Hilton.

“I have sort of that direction that, yeah, I want to walk away a Minnesota Viking in sort of on my own terms,” Greenway said. “Few NFL players get to do that and have the opportunity to do that. This organization and my career has allowed me to do that and kind of be in the situation.’’

Running back Adrian Peterson, who rushed for an NFL-best 1,485 yards last season after missing 15 games in 2014, was named Vikings Offensive Player of the Year and was the only one of five award winners not present. Nose tackle Linval Joseph was named Defensive Player of the Year, wide receiver Stefon Diggs Rookie of the Year and wide receiver Adam Thielen Special Teams Player of the Year.

The Vikings are not expecting Peterson to be on hand when they begin voluntary offseason workouts Monday. But that hardly is a surprise since Peterson rarely in his career has shown up for the start of such workouts.

The first phase lasts two weeks and is limited to weightlifting, conditioning and physical rehabilitation. Peterson has preferred to remain in the Houston area to work out near where he lives, and he traditionally has kept in great shape.

Meanwhile, Greenway is looking forward to the starting spring workouts for likely the final time.

“The first week is great because you come back and you get to be around all the guys again, get to be around your coach (Mike Zimmer) and you kind of get back to the basics of football,’’ Greenway said.

Greenway’s deal has $750,000 guaranteed and is a cut from the $4 million he had made last season. He agreed to his contract March 31, more than three weeks into free agency, but said that was by design.

“The entire time, the process was kind of slow for a reason because nobody was really in too big of a hurry and we wanted to make sure that both sides were comfortable,’’ Greenway said. “For me, it was about just understanding what it was going to take to come back physically and mentally to do that again, and understand I was going to be capable of doing that the right way.’’

The Vikings signed two free-agent linebackers in Emmanuel Lamur and Travis Lewis and re-signed Audie Cole. Lamur will try to beat out Greenway at outside linebacker, where he has been a starter since 2007.

“I think competition is what makes the NFL so great at every position,’’ Greenway said . “You don’t go into your 11th season without somebody trying to take your job, and especially Emmanuel is a great player. … We’re all going to have our own roles, and roles are all going to be pushed toward helping the team win football games.’’

The Vikings haven’t lost any starters on a defense that ranked fifth in the league in fewest points allowed. Helping lead the way was Joseph even though he missed four of the final five regular-season games because of what he said Sunday was turf toe.

Joseph said he is close to being fully healthy. He has spent much of the offseason in Minnesota resting his left foot, and said “the goal” is doing most drills during spring workouts.

“It was pretty painful, but sometimes you can’t control things,’’ Joseph said of his injury. “I did the best I can do for my team last year with it, and I’m just glad it’s back to 100 (percent), and I just can’t wait to get back on the field.’’

Joseph said he was “honored” to be named the team’s top defensive player on a unit that also got strong seasons from safety Harrison Smith, defensive end Everson Griffen and linebacker Anthony Barr. He’s now excited to get back with the Vikings three months after they lost 10-9 in the playoffs to Seattle when Blair Walsh missed a 27-yard field goal with 22 seconds left.

“The way the season ended, it wasn’t the best and we’re going to rally back,’ Joseph said. “We had enough time to get it off our chests. Now, it’s a new season. We can’t wait to get back together and reach our goals.’’

The second phase of spring workouts will be three weeks long and includes individual player instruction but no live contact or team drills. The third and final phase is four weeks and will include organized-team activities on May 24-26, May 31-June 2 and June 6-9.

The Vikings will have a rookie minicamp the first week of May and a mandatory veteran minicamp June 14-16. Training camp in Mankato is expected to start July 28.