MINNEAPOLIS -- Minnesota Vikings safety Willie Offord was charged with drunken driving after being stopped early Tuesday for speeding and failing to signal when he changed lanes.
Offord was charged with misdemeanor fourth-degree drunken driving, Lt. Mark Peterson of the State Patrol said Wednesday. Peterson said he had not received a report with Offord's blood-alcohol level, but that the charge means it would have been less than 0.20 percent. The state's legal limit is 0.08 percent.
"Mr. Offord was extremely cooperative and respectful during the entire incident," he said.
Offord is scheduled to appear in court April 26.
The Vikings signed Offord, their special teams captain in 2005, to a two-year contract extension last month. He is rehabilitating a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and was limited during a veteran minicamp this month.
The Vikings believe he will be healthy when training camp begins, and Offord could compete with free-agent acquisition Tank Williams for the starting strong safety job.
Offord's agent, David Canter, did not return a telephone message left at his office by The Associated Press on Wednesday. A spokesman for the Vikings said the team had no comment.
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