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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm still surprised he slid to the seventh round. Willekes was consistently disruptive and is MSU's all-time leader in TFLs (51). He had 16 TFLs and 10.5 sacks last year. Willekes was named Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2018. A steal for the #Vikings.

(Daniel House on Twitter)

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm still surprised he slid to the seventh round. Willekes was consistently disruptive and is MSU's all-time leader in TFLs (51). He had 16 TFLs and 10.5 sacks last year. Willekes was named Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2018. A steal for the #Vikings.

(Daniel House on Twitter)

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ORIGINAL: Dana Turner

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

I'm still surprised he slid to the seventh round. Willekes was consistently disruptive and is MSU's all-time leader in TFLs (51). He had 16 TFLs and 10.5 sacks last year. Willekes was named Big Ten Defensive Lineman of the Year in 2018. A steal for the #Vikings.

(Daniel House on Twitter)

This is one of those kids that has been told all along he's not good enough. He just keeps going out and proving (it)them wrong. Adam was one of those guys that stuck with it long enough to prove everyone wrong, I hope this guy does too!

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Just chatted with 11 of the 12 #Vikings UDFAs. The main takeaway: All of the newcomers who played college football with a current member of the team's roster are basically best friends with that person.

(Sam Ekstrom on Twitter)

I don't think this a coincidence. It's possible that Spielman is listening to feedback from players and values new players having a mentor. I've heard it said that it's better to be a UFA than a late round pick. These players are very young and it must be scary to play with the big boys. A familiar face must be very welcome.

When I think about it some more, I can recall Harrison Smith and Kyle Rudolph came from Notre Dame, Barr and Kendricks played in the same defense at UCLA, and I believe there were other examples in the past. I'm sure some of it with the UFA's is that they want to come to Minnesota because there is a reason to choose the Vikings over another team, but I'm thinking that it's Spielman's little trick to help the team build better chemistry and for the players to be happier here.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jefferson had a contested-catch rate of 92.3 percent, according to Pro Football Focus. No other receiver did better than 66.7 percent, and 50 percent is above average.

He shouldn't have fell to Minnesota @Vikings But I'm so happy he did though. Kid gonna be special #Skol https://t.co/rEQOkATBej

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jefferson had a contested-catch rate of 92.3 percent, according to Pro Football Focus. No other receiver did better than 66.7 percent, and 50 percent is above average.

He shouldn't have fell to Minnesota @Vikings But I'm so happy he did though. Kid gonna be special #Skol https://t.co/rEQOkATBej

That 92% contested catch rate sounds to good to be true. However, I'll take it.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jefferson had a contested-catch rate of 92.3 percent, according to Pro Football Focus. No other receiver did better than 66.7 percent, and 50 percent is above average.

He shouldn't have fell to Minnesota @Vikings But I'm so happy he did though. Kid gonna be special #Skol https://t.co/rEQOkATBej

That 92% contested catch rate sounds to good to be true. However, I'll take it.

That was one of the strengths of Diggs. He was one of the best in the league at that. The Vikings might have really wanted Jefferson for that very reason.

https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/19/stefon-diggs-ranked-as-2nd-best-wr-in-contested-catches-in-2018/

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

From today's paper, former NFL DB Torin Dorn says his son, safety Myles Dorn, wasn't drafted because he didn't get a chance to run for scouts and they think he's "slow as molasses" But Torin expects Myles to prove that incorrect after signing with #Vikings

(Chris Tomasson on Twitter)

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/myles-dorn?id=3219444f-5215-3736-1d36-4e4bbe4d7d11

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jefferson had a contested-catch rate of 92.3 percent, according to Pro Football Focus. No other receiver did better than 66.7 percent, and 50 percent is above average.

He shouldn't have fell to Minnesota @Vikings But I'm so happy he did though. Kid gonna be special #Skol https://t.co/rEQOkATBej

That 92% contested catch rate sounds to good to be true. However, I'll take it.

That was one of the strengths of Diggs. He was one of the best in the league at that. The Vikings might have really wanted Jefferson for that very reason.

https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/19/stefon-diggs-ranked-as-2nd-best-wr-in-contested-catches-in-2018/

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ORIGINAL: Bill Jandro

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

From today's paper, former NFL DB Torin Dorn says his son, safety Myles Dorn, wasn't drafted because he didn't get a chance to run for scouts and they think he's "slow as molasses" But Torin expects Myles to prove that incorrect after signing with #Vikings

(Chris Tomasson on Twitter)

https://www.nfl.com/prospects/myles-dorn?id=3219444f-5215-3736-1d36-4e4bbe4d7d11

Lol

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jefferson had a contested-catch rate of 92.3 percent, according to Pro Football Focus. No other receiver did better than 66.7 percent, and 50 percent is above average.

He shouldn't have fell to Minnesota @Vikings But I'm so happy he did though. Kid gonna be special #Skol https://t.co/rEQOkATBej

That 92% contested catch rate sounds to good to be true. However, I'll take it.

That was one of the strengths of Diggs. He was one of the best in the league at that. The Vikings might have really wanted Jefferson for that very reason.

https://vikingswire.usatoday.com/2019/05/19/stefon-diggs-ranked-as-2nd-best-wr-in-contested-catches-in-2018/

Without Justin Jefferson, Joe Burrow is an average quarterback.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jordan Fehr bench presses 415 lbs., has a 40.5" vertical leap and raaccn a 4.45 40. Not bad for a middle linebacker, but his most impressive feat may be that he was on of the best football scholars in the nation. He had turned down a scholarship at Harvard and was a semi finalist for the nation's top football player scholar award.

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jordan Fehr bench presses 415 lbs., has a 40.5" vertical leap and raaccn a 4.45 40. Not bad for a middle linebacker, but his most impressive feat may be that he was on of the best football scholars in the nation. He had turned down a scholarship at Harvard and was a semi finalist for the nation's top football player scholar award.

Something is not quite right. First, if true, he would have to be the first person ever to turn down a Harvard scholarship to go to Appalachian State. Second, Harvard doesn't offer scholarships -- might be confusing a scholarship with financial aid, which is something that a significant fraction of students get these days at expensive universities.

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jordan Fehr bench presses 415 lbs., has a 40.5" vertical leap and raaccn a 4.45 40. Not bad for a middle linebacker, but his most impressive feat may be that he was on of the best football scholars in the nation. He had turned down a scholarship at Harvard and was a semi finalist for the nation's top football player scholar award.

Something is not quite right. First, if true, he would have to be the first person ever to turn down a Harvard scholarship to go to Appalachian State. Second, Harvard doesn't offer scholarships -- might be confusing a scholarship with financial aid, which is something that a significant fraction of students get these days at expensive universities.

I stand corrected then. He is from North Carolina and opted to stay closer to home. His GPA was 3.77. He's smart and also one of those team captains that we seemed to prefer in the draft. A year ago I was watching with interest a fullback out of Vanderbilt who seemed to have really good measurables and did well in the preseason for us despite being a UFA. Blasingame was a team captain, as well in college.

https://www.wataugademocrat.com/sports/asu_sports/fehr-named-to-campbell-trophy-list/article_8dc91539-1c09-5d37-8859-33fe7e5242f3.html

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jordan Fehr bench presses 415 lbs., has a 40.5" vertical leap and raaccn a 4.45 40. Not bad for a middle linebacker, but his most impressive feat may be that he was on of the best football scholars in the nation. He had turned down a scholarship at Harvard and was a semi finalist for the nation's top football player scholar award.

Something is not quite right. First, if true, he would have to be the first person ever to turn down a Harvard scholarship to go to Appalachian State. Second, Harvard doesn't offer scholarships -- might be confusing a scholarship with financial aid, which is something that a significant fraction of students get these days at expensive universities.

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ORIGINAL: kgdabom

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ORIGINAL: jbusse

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ORIGINAL: Bruce Johnson

Jordan Fehr bench presses 415 lbs., has a 40.5" vertical leap and raaccn a 4.45 40. Not bad for a middle linebacker, but his most impressive feat may be that he was on of the best football scholars in the nation. He had turned down a scholarship at Harvard and was a semi finalist for the nation's top football player scholar award.

Something is not quite right. First, if true, he would have to be the first person ever to turn down a Harvard scholarship to go to Appalachian State. Second, Harvard doesn't offer scholarships -- might be confusing a scholarship with financial aid, which is something that a significant fraction of students get these days at expensive universities.

I thought Harvard offered academic scholarships. Just not sports scholarships.