Ezra Cleveland

• Started 9 games at RG during rookie campaign.

• Part of Vikings record-tyng 6 rookie starters in a game at New Orleans (12/25/20).

• Started all 40 of his collegiate games at LT over 3 seasons.

OFF THE FIELD

• Earned academic All-Mountain West honors in 2017.

• One of 58 players that virtually attended the 2020 NFL Draft.

• Majored in construction management.

• Born three weeks premature but weighed 11 pounds at birth.

• Grew up in Spanaway, WA, a suburb of Tacoma.

• Started 9 games at RG during rookie campaign.

• Part of Vikings record-tyng 6 rookie starters in a game at New Orleans (12/25/20).

• Started all 40 of his collegiate games at LT over 3 seasons.

OFF THE FIELD

• Earned academic All-Mountain West honors in 2017.

• One of 58 players that virtually attended the 2020 NFL Draft.

• Majored in construction management.

• Born three weeks premature but weighed 11 pounds at birth.

• Grew up in Spanaway, WA, a suburb of Tacoma.

PRO

• Started 9 games at RG during rookie season in 2020 and played in 13 contests.

• Selected in the 2nd round (#58 overall) of the 2020 NFL Draft after declaring for the draft as a redshirt junior.

• Joins college teammate, RB Alexander Mattison, on the Vikings. The duo played together from 2016-18 for the Broncos.

• Highest-drafted Boise State Bronco since Leighton Vander Esch was selected by Dallas in the 1st round of 2018 NFL Draft.

• Led the OL group at the NFL Combine with his 4.46 20-yard shuttle and 7.26 3-cone drill. Ran a 4.93 40-yard dash (3rd among OL) and 30 bench press reps (5th among OL).

• Marked the 3rd straight season the Vikings used a 1st or 2nd-round draft pick on an OL, joining 2019 1st-rounder Garrett Bradbury and 2018 2nd-rounder Brian O'Neill.

2020: MINNESOTA VIKINGS

• Appeared in 13 games (9 starts) at RG as the Vikings offense totaled the 7th-most rushing yards (2,283) and the 2nd-most scrimmage yards (6,548) in team history.

• Made NFL debut at Indianapolis (9/20) in Week 2.

• Made 1st career start vs. Atlanta (10/18) and went on to start next 3 games before being injured vs. Dallas and Carolina.

• Returned to action and helped the Vikings record 420 total net yards of offense vs. Jacksonville (12/6) in an OT win.

• Started the final 5 straight games of the season.

• Vikings ranked #4 in NFL total offense, a 12-spot jump from 2019 and scored 55 offensive TDs, the 2nd-best mark in team history behind the 1998 squad.

• Helped RB Dalvin Cook rush for 1,557 yards, the 3rd-best mark in Vikings history and the 2nd-most in the NFL for the year.

• Cook had 16 rushing TDs, the 2nd-best season mark in Vikings history, and earned a 2nd-straight Pro Bowl berth.

• Cook tied a team record in win at Green Bay (11/1) by scoring 4 TDs in a game (3 rushing, 1 receiving), only the 3rd time in Vikings history the feat has been accomplished, and tied the team record with 3 rushing TDs in a game.

• Helped rookie WR Justin Jefferson re-write the NFL and team record book with an NFL post-merger record 1,400 yards receiving and a team-record 88 catches en route to 2nd-Team Associated Press All-Pro honors and a Pro Bowl berth.

• Protected QB Kirk Cousins as he threw for a career-high 35 TD passes and a 105.0 passer rating, the 2nd-most TD passes in a season by a Vikings QB and the 1st time in team history a QB had consecutive seasons with a 100+ passer rating.

COLLEGE

• Two-time 1st-team All-Mountain West in 2018 and '19 and honorable mention in 2017 as a redshirt freshman.

• Started in all 40 of his college games after redshirting in 2016.

• Boise State played in Mountain West Championship Game each season, winning conference title in 2017 and 2019.

• Helped Broncos to 12-2 mark in 2019, with the only losses coming at BYU and in Las Vegas Bowl to Washington.

• Squad went 10-3 in 2018 and 11-3 in 2017, winning Las Vegas Bowl over Oregon.

• Blocked for Mountain West Freshman of the Year, RB George Holani, in 2019.

• During his time as a Bronco, helped extended the team's streak of having a 1,000-yard rusher to 12 consecutive seasons. Alexander Mattison's rushing totals benefited from Cleveland in 2017 (1,086) and 2018 (1,415).

• Protected Mountain West Player of the Year, QB Brett Rypien, and the nation's 18th-ranked passing offense (292 ypg) in 2018.

• Started 14 games as a redshirt freshman while the Broncos finished 2nd on the Mountain West in scoring (32.5 ppg).

PREP

• As a senior, totaled 41 tackles and 4.0 sacks. Earned Lineman of the Year honors after being named 1st-Team All-Area as a DT and 1st-Team All-Conference as an OL.

• Named Bethel's Defensive Player of the Year and earned a spot on Washington's All-State team.

• Played center field in baseball and wrestled at Bethel.

• Two-star recruit according to Rivals and the #24 player in Washington.