GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2012 (PS-Minn, TB, Buff). Total- 0/0.
- • Spent final 3 weeks of 2012 regular season and Wild Card playoff week on Vikings practice squad.
OFF THE FIELD Joins rookie WR Adam Thielen as former MSU-Mankato players on the Vikings roster, their alma mater hosts the Vikings annual summer training camp...Played 1 season as MSU-Mankato after beginnning his collegiate career at Kansas State...Majored in communications studies.
GAMES/STARTS (regular season, playoffs) 2012 (PS-Minn, TB, Buff). Total- 0/0.
- • Spent final 3 weeks of 2012 regular season and Wild Card playoff week on Vikings practice squad.
OFF THE FIELD Joins rookie WR Adam Thielen as former MSU-Mankato players on the Vikings roster, their alma mater hosts the Vikings annual summer training camp...Played 1 season as MSU-Mankato after beginnning his collegiate career at Kansas State...Majored in communications studies.
PRO Will compete for spot in Vikings WR corps in 2013 after spending a month on the practice squad to end 2012...Had practice experience as a rookie in 2012 with Buffalo, Tampa Bay and Minnesota after going through training camp and preseason with Atlanta as a rookie free agent...Joined Vikings practice squad on 12/10/12...Originally signed as a rookie free agent with Atlanta on 4/30/12 and was released in roster cutdown on 8/31/12.
2012 Found a home on Vikings practice squad for the final 3 regular season games and the Wild Card playoff week...Began season on Buffalo practice squad, joining the team for Week 1, signing on 9/3 and was released on 102...Joined Tampa practice squad on 10/6 before being released on 11/13.
COLLEGE Transferred from Kansas State to MSU-Mankato after 3 years at KSU...In his lone season, 2011, at MSU-Mankato he hauled in 31 passes for 405 yards and 5 TDs along with 31 carries for 98 yards and 4 TDs...Sat out 2010 season at MSU due to transfer rules...Played in 8 games and started 1 as a true freshman at KSU...Moved from WR to RB as a sophomore in 2008, running for career-best 137 yards vs. Louisiana-Lafayette...Moved back to WR full-time in 2009 and caught 3 TD passes.
PREP Named Class 6A All-State as a junior and senior at Hazelwood West High in suburban St. Louis...Standout at FS and RB...Ran for 1,249 yards as a junior...As a senior, scored 13 of his team’s 20 TDs on the season...Excelled in return game...Ranked as the #1 recruit in the St. Louis metro area as a senior and #3 player in Missouri...Earned PrepStar All-America honors.
