Brandon Zylstra (born March 25, 1993) is an American professional football wide receiver and return specialist.
After playing football and basketball at New London-Spicer High School in New London, Minnesota, Zylstra did not receive any Division I scholarship offers.
In 2014, while working a summer job on the grounds crew at Moorhead Country Club, he suffered a foot injury which required surgery which caused him to miss 1 game.
His 6'9" high jump tied the indoor school-record mark set by Joe Schmidgall back in 2000.
While in Arizona, he attracted the interest of CFL teams during tryouts and was signed by the Edmonton Eskimos to a two-year contract.
He played a big role in both of the Eskimos playoff games as well, catching 12 passes for 221 yards with one touchdown.
[11] On January 3, 2018, Zylstra signed a standard rookie, non-guaranteed three-year deal starting at a $480,000 salary for 2018 with the Minnesota Vikings.
[12] He made the Vikings roster, playing in all 16 games primarily on special teams, and had one catch for 23 yards against the New York Jets in Week 7.
[25] On October 4, 2022, Zylstra signed with the Detroit Lions, joining his brother Shane on the practice squad.