• Went 41-3 overall at Alabama, won 2017 National Championship, played in national title game all 3 seasons and won SEC Championships in 2016 and 2018. 

• Teammates at Alabama with Trevon Diggs, the younger brother of Vikings WR Stefon Diggs.

• Father, Irv, was a 1st-round pick by New Orleans Saints as a TE and uncle, Ed, played TE in the NFL.

OFF THE FIELD Comes from football family that includes father, Irv, Sr., and his uncle, Ed, who played in the NFL...Father was 1st-round pick of the Saints in 1993 (#20 overall) and went on to play 7 seasons with New Orleans (5), San Francisco (1) and Cleveland (1), catching 183 passes with 15 TDs in 95 career games...Uncle, Ed, played in the NFL from 1997-99 with Washington, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit after pursuing a baseball career in the minor leagues with several franchises...Ed caught a pass for Atlanta against the Vikings in the 1998 NFC title game...Born in Arizona and lived there until age 14 when family moved to New Orleans...Majored in kinesiology at Alabama...Hopes to open a gym following his football career.

• Went 41-3 overall at Alabama, won 2017 National Championship, played in national title game all 3 seasons and won SEC Championships in 2016 and 2018. 

• Teammates at Alabama with Trevon Diggs, the younger brother of Vikings WR Stefon Diggs.

• Father, Irv, was a 1st-round pick by New Orleans Saints as a TE and uncle, Ed, played TE in the NFL.

OFF THE FIELD Comes from football family that includes father, Irv, Sr., and his uncle, Ed, who played in the NFL...Father was 1st-round pick of the Saints in 1993 (#20 overall) and went on to play 7 seasons with New Orleans (5), San Francisco (1) and Cleveland (1), catching 183 passes with 15 TDs in 95 career games...Uncle, Ed, played in the NFL from 1997-99 with Washington, Atlanta, Philadelphia and Detroit after pursuing a baseball career in the minor leagues with several franchises...Ed caught a pass for Atlanta against the Vikings in the 1998 NFC title game...Born in Arizona and lived there until age 14 when family moved to New Orleans...Majored in kinesiology at Alabama...Hopes to open a gym following his football career.

PRO Declared for the NFL Draft following his junior season at Alabama...The highest-drafted Viking from Alabama since taking LB Dwayne Rudd in 1st round (#20) in 1997...Was 1 of 10 Tide players drafted in 2019 to lead all schools and part of an NFL-high 64 SEC players drafted...Alabama has had 10+ players drafted in each of the past 3 Drafts...Selected with #50 overall pick, only the 2nd Viking selected at that spot in team history, joining RB Ed Marinaro from Cornell in 1972.

COLLEGE Set Alabama record for TD catches in a season by a TE with 7 and yards with 710 as a junior in 2018...Declared for NFL Draft following his junior year...Was the 4th of 10 Alabama players drafted in 2019...Named 2nd-team All-SEC by league coaches and a 2nd-Team All-America choice by the AFCA...Ranked 4th on team with 44 catches, 710 yards and 7 TDs, averaging 16.1 yards per catch...Had 28 of his catches result in a 1st down or TD and had 11 catches of 20+ yards...Bama offensive player of the week for Texas A&M game with 4 catches for 74 yards and a long of 42...Had 4 catches for 43 yards in national title game against Clemson...Had 19-yard catch vs. Georgia in SEC title game that set up winning TD...Scored 76-yard TD on 1st play of game vs. Arkansas en route to a career-best 123-yard day...Caught TDs in 4 straight games vs. Arkansas, Missouri, Tennessee and LSU...Started 4 of the 14 games he played as a sophomore for the national champions...Had 14 catches for 128 yards and 3 TDs...Made 1st start vs. Ole Miss...Reeled in 1st TD on a 14-yarder from Jalen Hurts...Caught TDs against LSU and Mercer...Caught 1st career passes vs. Fresno State...Had catch vs. Clemson in national semifinal game and played in title game vs. Georgia but did not have a catch...Played in 9 games but did not record any catches as a true freshman in 2016.

PREP Earned Honorable Mention 5A All-State as a senior at Brother Martin High in New Orleans...Tabbed as a 4-star recruit by ESPN.com and rated by them as the #6 TE prospect in the nation...Had 31 catches for 558 yards and 4 TDs as a senior...Played in Louisiana East-West All-Star game.