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Vikings selected LSU WR Justin Jefferson with the No. 22 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.
A two-year starting slot receiver at LSU, Jefferson (6’1/202) set the school record for receptions (111) as a junior in the most prolific passing offense in college football history. He wins with nuanced route running, steady hands, straigh-tline speed (4.41), and 6.4 YAC per reception. Per Pro Football Focus, Jefferson accumulated 41 percent of his 2019 yardage (1,540) from ins, outs, and crosses, which are fortunately the routes he’ll likely see most often with the Vikings. He also ranked second to Jerry Jeudy in 15-plus yard catches the past two seasons. Jefferson can be a reliable target in any role as a rookie since he ran 19 percent of his routes from the slot in '18 before seeing an increase to 78 percent during the team's National Championship run. He's a high-floor, high-ceiling WR3/4 in Minnesota since the opportunity is ripe for an every-down role across from Adam Thielen. The Vikings will still utilize a heavy dose of 12 personnel featuring Kyle Rudolph and Irv Smith, too.

Pondering Her Percy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:09 pm

Vikings selected LSU WR Justin Jefferson with the No. 22 overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft.
A two-year starting slot receiver at LSU, Jefferson (6’1/202) set the school record for receptions (111) as a junior in the most prolific passing offense in college football history. He wins with nuanced route running, steady hands, straigh-tline speed (4.41), and 6.4 YAC per reception. Per Pro Football Focus, Jefferson accumulated 41 percent of his 2019 yardage (1,540) from ins, outs, and crosses, which are fortunately the routes he’ll likely see most often with the Vikings. He also ranked second to Jerry Jeudy in 15-plus yard catches the past two seasons. Jefferson can be a reliable target in any role as a rookie since he ran 19 percent of his routes from the slot in '18 before seeing an increase to 78 percent during the team's National Championship run. He's a high-floor, high-ceiling WR3/4 in Minnesota since the opportunity is ripe for an every-down role across from Adam Thielen. The Vikings will still utilize a heavy dose of 12 personnel featuring Kyle Rudolph and Irv Smith, too.

Figured I would do a separate thread for each pick. Love this pick and had it in my mock on here!

RandyMoss84 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 12:25 pm I wanted Lamb! I saw that Zimmer was trying to trade up for Jefferson, Vikings are very fortunate that Jefferson dropped to #22, I hope Justin will be a great Viking!

S197 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:35 pm I think this was a solid pick and an absolute gift from the Eagles. I had them taking him and us having to pivot to grabbing a corner.

LSU has put out some great WRs in OBJ and Landry over the years so there's a nice history of production at the position. And I like that he was successful in the toughest conference in the country. How much the scheme and Burrow helped him remains to be seen, or maybe how much he helped Burrow. Hah.

The Vikings apparently got their guy so in Kub we trust. The only ding is they panicked a little and tried to trade up for him and luckily other teams apparently bailed us out. The value on the trade down was poor as well. Rick needs to do better tonight.

Pep2Moss wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:55 pm Wish I could remember where I read it but the Vikings apparently liked Reagor a lot too and more than likely would have been the pick there unless they traded down.

I liked Aiyuk and Mims better myself

Pep2Moss wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:55 pm Wish I could remember where I read it but the Vikings apparently liked Reagor a lot too and more than likely would have been the pick there unless they traded down.

I liked Aiyuk and Mims better myself

RandyMoss84 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:40 pm

Pep2Moss wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:55 pm Wish I could remember where I read it but the Vikings apparently liked Reagor a lot too and more than likely would have been the pick there unless they traded down.

I liked Aiyuk and Mims better myself

So if Jefferson and Reagor was both available at #22, who do you think they would have picked?

RandyMoss84 wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 7:40 pm

Pep2Moss wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 5:55 pm Wish I could remember where I read it but the Vikings apparently liked Reagor a lot too and more than likely would have been the pick there unless they traded down.

I liked Aiyuk and Mims better myself

So if Jefferson and Reagor was both available at #22, who do you think they would have picked?

PacificNorseWest wrote: ↑Thu Apr 30, 2020 9:04 pm It will definitely be interesting to see how this WR group unfolds in the next few years.