• Hosted a day-long radiothon fundraiser on Vikings flagship station KFAN for COVID-19 relief in April 2020. The event raised more than $280,000 during a 6 a.m.-6:30 p.m. marathon featuring teammates and celebrity guests calling in to support the cause.
• Represented Minnesota at the 2017 and 2018 Pro Bowl and earned 2nd-Team Associated Press All-Pro in 2017.
• In 2017-18, became the 1st Viking to record consecutive seasons of 1,000+ receiving yards since Randy Moss did so for 6 consecutive seasons (1998-2003).
• Thielen's 113 receptions in 2018 marked the 3rd-highest total in franchise history. His 1,335 receiving yards marked the 4th-highest total in franchise history, both times trailing only his boyhood idols Cris Carter and Randy Moss.
• The 1st player in NFL history to record 8 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards to start a season.
• 1 of 2 players in NFL history to record 8 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards at any point in an NFL season (Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions in 2012).
• Married to college sweetheart, Caitlin, who played soccer at Minnesota State, Mankato, in May of 2015. The couple has 2 sons, Asher and Hudson, and a daughter, Cora.
• Together with Caitlin launched the Thielen Foundation in September of 2018, which aims to create programs that serve, educate and inspire individuals to reach their full potential.
• Joins C.J. Ham (Duluth), Ryan Connelly (Eden Prairie) and Shane Zylstra (New London-Spicer) as Minnesotans on the Vikings roster in 2021.
• Hosts youth football camps in the Twin Cities and his hometown of Detroit Lakes.
• Opened a gym, ETS Elite Thielen, during the 2016 offseason in Lakeville, Minnesota, just south of the Twin Cities and has expanded to locations around the state, including Mankato and Rochester.
• Avid golfer, spends time golfing in Arizona and Florida and has taken part in Pro Am events regularly, including the American Century Championship in Lake Tahoe.
• Earned bachelor's degree in management from MSU.
• Selected to the 2017 and 2018 Pro Bowl.
• Named 2nd-Team Associated Press All-Pro in 2017.
• Named the 2017 Vikings Offensive Player of the Year as part of annual Minnesota Football Honors program.
• Man of the Match vs. Cleveland (10/29/17) at Twickenham Stadium (London, England).
• Voted #36 on the NFL's Top 100 list after the 2017 season.
• 2015 Vikings Special Teams Player of the Year as part of annual Minnesota Football Honors program.
• NFC Special Teams Player of the Week vs. Carolina (11/30/14).
• Detroit Lakes native and Minnesota State, Mankato product broke out as a wide receiver in 2016 after playing mostly on special teams early in his career.
• The first player in franchise history to record 9 games of 100+ receiving yards in a single season, doing so in 2018.
• The only player in NFL history to record 8 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards to open a season and 1 of 2 players in NFL history to record 8 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards at any point in an NFL season (Calvin Johnson of the Detroit Lions in 2012).
• Signed an extension during the 2017 offseason.
• Turned in the best game of his career at Green Bay (12/24/16) with 12 receptions for 202 yards and 2 TDs, the only Viking with 12+ receptions against the Packers. The 202 yards are tied for the 3rd-most by a Viking in a game in team history.
• Continued to develop throughout 2013 season and spent all 16 weeks on Vikings practice squad.
• Earned invitation to continue with team following 2013 Vikings rookie camp and earned rookie free agent contract.
• Competed in scouting regional in Chicago and Dallas that led to his invite to the Vikings rookie camp in 2013.
• Ranks 5th-best for Vikings receiving TDs in a season with 14, the 3rd-best mark in the NFL for the year.
• Hauled in career-best 14th TD of the season on Christmas Day at New Orleans (12/25).
• Returned to action vs. Jacksonville (12/6) and caught 12th TD of the season in an OT win.
• Placed on COVID-19 list during week vs. Carolina (11/29) and missed 1st game of the season.
• Had 2nd straight 2-TD day vs. Dallas (11/22), catching 8 passes for 123 yards and 2 TDs and had season-long 51-yarder.
• Had team-high 2 TD catches at Chicago (11/16) in win on Monday Night Football.
• Led team with 9 receptions and 2 TDs at Seattle (10/11) on Sunday Night Football.
• Had team-high 114 yards on 8 catches at Houston (10/4), helping the team to the 1st win of the season and part of an offense that featured 2 WRs with 100+ yards (Jefferson, 103) and a 100-yard RB (Cook, 130) in the same game for the Vikings for the 1st time since 2000.
• Caught 3rd TD Of season vs. Tennessee (9/27), scoring on a 16-yard pass. His 3 TDs in the opening 3 games is the best start of his career.
• Had team-high 6 catches, 110 yards and 2 TDs in season-opener vs. Green Bay (9/13) and scored his 2nd career 2-point conversion on a pass from Kirk Cousins. Team set a club record with 3 successful 2-point conversions in the game (Dalvin Cook, 2 rushing and Thielen 1 receiving).
• Made 10 starts in 10 game appearances during the 2019 season, finishing with 30 receptions for 418 yards and 6 TDs. Also rushed 4 times for 6 yards and 1 TD.
• Caught the Vikings 1st TD of the 2019 season against Atlanta in Week 1 (9/8).
• Led team with 5 receptions for 75 yards at Green Bay (9/15).
• Recorded his 2nd career multi-score game vs. Oakland (9/22), catching a season-long 35-yard TD pass to cap the opening drive and scoring on a 1-yard rush in the 2nd quarter, the 1st rushing TD of his career.
• Started his 50th career game at Chicago (9/29).
• Caught 7 passes for 130 yards and 2 TDs at the NY Giants (10/6), his 2nd career game with multiple receiving TDs and 17th career game with 100+ receiving yards.
• Scored his 5th receiving TD and 6th total TD of the season vs. Philadelphia (10/13).
• Caught 1 pass for 25 yards and 1 TD at Detroit (10/20) before exiting with a hamstring injury.
• Streak of 87 consecutive games played came to an end after being inactive with an injury vs. Washington (10/24).
• Started at Kansas City (11/3) but left early with an injury.
• Inactive Weeks 10-14 with an injury.
• Returned to start at the LA Chargers (12/15), catching 3 passes for 27 yards and rushing once for 3 yards.
• Caught 7 passes for 129 yards in the Wild Card win at New Orleans (1/5/20), the 7th-highest postseason total in Vikings history and the 1st 100-yard postseason game of career. Thielen's 43-yard reception in OT set up game-winning TD.
• Brought in 5 receptions for 50 yards in the Divisional game at San Francisco (1/11/20).
• Started all 16 games in 2018, setting new career highs in receptions (113), receiving yards (1,373) and receiving TDs (9) and earning his 2nd consecutive Pro Bowl invitation.
• Thielen's 113 receptions were the 3rd-highest single season total in franchise history, while his 1,373 receiving yards ranked 4th.
• Tallied 6 receptions for 102 yards against San Francisco (9/9).
• Matched his career high of 12 receptions, going for 131 yards and 1 TD at Green Bay (9/16). His acrobatic TD grab completed a 4th-quarter comeback.
• Posted his 3rd straight game with at least 100 receiving yards by catching a career-high 14 passes for 105 yards vs. Buffalo (9/23), both team-highs.
• Caught 8 balls for 135 yards and 1 TD at LA Rams (9/27), pushing his season yardage total to 473 and surpassing Randy Moss to set the franchise record for most receiving yards in the first 4 games of a season.
• Posted 7 receptions for 116 yards and 1 TD at Philadelphia (10/7), becoming the 1st player in NFL history to post 5 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards to start a season. Set a new franchise record for most receiving yards through the first 5 games of the season (589). Also fair-caught a punt and recovered an onside kick in the 4th quarter to seal the win.
• Recorded his 6th consecutive game of 100+ receiving yards by catching 11 passes for 123 yards and 1 TD vs. Arizona (10/14).
• With 9 receptions for 110 yards and 1 TD at NY Giants (10/21), became the 1st player in NFL history (Super Bowl Era) to record 7 straight games of 100+ receiving yards to start a season. Thielen's 67 receptions and 822 yards through 7 games to start a season were also a franchise record.
• By catching 7 passes for 103 yards and 1 TD vs. New Orleans (10/29), became the 1st player in NFL history to record 8 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards to start a season and joined Calvin Johnson as the only players in league history to record 8 consecutive games of 100+ receiving yards at any point in a season. Thielen's TD marked the 5th consecutive game in which he had scored, a new career-long scoring streak. The WR also added 1 rush for 15 yards, the 2nd longest carry of his career.
• Saw his 8-game streak of 100+ receiving yards come to an end vs. Detroit (11/4), finishing with 4 catches for 22 yards, 1 TD and 1 rush for 5 yards. Extended his scoring streak to a career-best 6 consecutive games.
• Passed the 1,000-yard mark for the 2nd consecutive season with 7 receptions for 66 yards at Chicago (11/18), becoming the 1st Viking since Randy Moss (1998-2003) with 1,000+ receiving yards in consecutive seasons. Tied Moss (2003) as the fastest Vikings to reach 1,000 yards in a season, needing only 10 games to do so.
• Recorded 8 receptions for 125 yards and 1 TD vs. Green Bay (11/25), becoming the first Viking with 9 games of 100+ receiving yards in a single season.
• Caught his 9th TD of the season at New England (12/2), setting a new career high for TDs in a season and becoming the first Vikings WR to score 9 TDs since Randy Moss scored 13 in 2004.
• Finished with career-highs in receptions (91), yards (1,276) and games started (16), finishing with the 9th-most yards in team history and 7th-most receptions to earn All-Pro honors.
• Turned in a career-game to start off the season vs. New Orleans (9/11) with 9 catches for 157 yards, the 2nd-most receiving yards by a Vikings WR in a season-opening game and the 3rd most by a Vikings WR on Monday Night Football.
• Led the Vikings with 5 receptions at Pittsburgh (9/17) totaling 44 yards. His 5 receptions pushed him over the 100-reception mark for his career.
• Led the team with 9 catches for 96 yards vs. Green Bay (10/15).
• Caught 5 passes for 41 yards vs. Baltimore (10/22), becoming the only player in the NFL to have at least 5 catches in each of the 1st 7 weeks.
• Continued his streak of at least 5 receptions in each game of 2017, hauling in 5 for 98 yards and his 1st TD of the season to earn "Man of the Match" honors vs. Cleveland (10/29) at Twickenham Stadium in London, England, as a part of the NFL's International Series.
• Came out of the bye week firing on all cylinders, racking up 166 yards on 8 catches at Washington (11/12) with his 2nd TD in as many games, extending his streak of at least 5 catches to 9 games, tied for tops in the NFL, while also collecting his 5th game with over 100 receiving yards in his career.
• Posted his 3rd 100-yard performance of the season, tying a single-season career-high and grabbed a TD in a 3rd consecutive game, a new career-high, finishing the day vs. LA Rams (11/19) with 6 catches for 123 yards and a TD.
• Recorded his 4th 100-yard performance of the season, hauling in 6 catches for 105 yards and a 52-yard TD at Carolina (12/10).
• Caught 3 passes for 30 yards vs. Cincinnati (12/17) as the Vikings clinched the NFC North title.
• Grabbed 6 catches for 61 yards vs. Chicago (12/31) to finish the regular season with 91 catches for 1,276 yards, joining Rod Smith and Wes Welker as the only undrafted players to record a season with at least 90 catches and 1,200 yards.
• Caught 6 passes for 74 yards in his first career playoff start, vs. New Orleans (1/14/18) in the Divisional Round, as the Vikings beat the Saints on a 61-yard TD as time expired.
• Turned in a banner year with career-highs in receptions (69), receiving yards (967) and TDs (5) as he quickly developed a rapport with new Vikings QB Sam Bradford.
• His 967 receiving yards led the team, and his 3 100-yard receiving games tied with Stefon Diggs for the team lead.
• Tied for the team lead with 2 special teams tackles and caught 4 passes for 54 yards at Tennessee (9/11).
• Started and set new career bests in receptions (7) and receiving yards (127), as well as scoring his 3rd career receiving TD vs Houston (10/9).
• Had then-career-high with 8 catches at Detroit (11/24).
• Registered the 2nd 100-yard receiving game of his career with 101 yards on 4 catches at Jacksonville (12/11) as well as moving over the 1,000 receiving yards mark for his career.
• Turned in the best game of his young career at Green Bay (12/24) with 12 receptions for 202 yards and 2 TDs, the 3rd Viking to haul in 200+ yards and the first Viking with 12+ receptions against the Packers.
• Was a special teams leader and played in every phase.
• Honored as Vikings Special Teams Player of the Year.
• Ranked tied for 2nd in special teams tackles with 10.
• Hauled in career-high 6 passes for 70 yards at eventual Super Bowl champions Denver (10/4).
• Had season-long 30-yard catch at Detroit (10/25).
• Notched 1st career rushing attempts, posting best offensive day in regular-season finale at Green Bay (1/3/16) when the Vikings clinched NFC North title at Lambeau. Ran for 67 yards on 2 carries, with a long of 41 on a fake punt, at Green Bay and added a 16-yard catch, ranking tied for 2nd in Vikings history for rushing yards in a game by a WR with the effort.
• Started season on 53-man roster out of preseason.
• A special teams ace, finished tied for 2nd in special teams tackles, totaling 12 on the season.
• Made NFL debut at St. Louis (9/7).
• 1st NFL reception came at Green Bay (10/2), led the team in receiving that game, finishing with 4 receptions for 57 yards.
• Named NFC Special Teams Player of the Week after blocking a punt against Carolina (11/30) and returning it 30 yards to paydirt, at the time was the longest blocked punt returned for a TD in team history, a record that was broken in the same game by DE Everson Griffen.
• Had 1st NFL receiving TD in Week 17 vs. Chicago (12/28), a 44-yard strike from QB Teddy Bridgewater
• Earned practice squad position throughout entire season.
• Saw preseason action with Vikings at WR and on special teams.
• Was signed on 5/6 to rookie free agent contract following Vikings rookie camp when unsigned rookies are invited to practice with draft choices and rookie free agent signings to showcase their ability.
• Released on 8/31 and signed on 9/1 to the Vikings practice squad for the remainder of the season.
• Started 37 of his 46 games at Minnesota State, Mankato.
• Ended college career ranked #2 in school history in receptions (198), 3rd in receiving yards (2,802), 3rd in receiving TDs (20), 3rd in punt return yards (582) and 3rd in punt returns (57).
• Had 74 receptions for 1,176 yards and 8 TDs as a senior.
• Named 1st-Team All-Northern Sun Conference South Division as a senior and 2nd-Team as a junior.
• Helped lead the Mavericks to a 13-1 record and a national semifinal berth as a senior.
• 7th MSU Alumni to play in the NFL, joining Bob Bruer (1979-80 with San Francisco; 1980-83 with Minnesota) and Tywan Mitchell (2000-01 with Arizona) as the only 3 former Mavericks to play in a non-lockout NFL regular season.
• 4-sport standout at Detroit Lakes High in Northern Minnesota, competing in football, basketball, golf and baseball.
• Helped team to a 9-1 mark as a senior and named All-State.
• Member of Lakers state champs golf team.
• Played basketball for the Lakers and considered playing collegiately.
