Minnesota Vikings

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2023-24 Season
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#20 Defense
#17 Overall

Vikings address the receiver position, select Laquon Treadwell

The Minnesota Vikings selected Ole Miss receiver Laquon Treadwell with the No. 23 overall pick in the 2016 draft.

What It Means:

Treadwell (6'2/221) needed only three years at Ole Miss to set a school record for receptions (202), parlaying them into 2,393 yards (11.8 yards per grab) and 21 career touchdowns. He was a first-team All-SEC pick as a 2015 junior. Treadwell won't turn 21 until a month and a half after the draft and offers room for growth despite unimpressive workout metrics. He ran a 4.64 40-yard dash with a 33 1/2-inch vertical. Rather than speed and athleticism, Treadwell wins with length, body control, ball skills and physicality after the catch.

Treadwell has the size of a prototypical No. 1 NFL wideout, and a top dog is exactly what Minnesota needs. Teddy Bridgewater hasn't taken many downfield shots with the ball through two seasons, but now he has a big-bodied threat on the outside capable of winning jump balls. Treadwell will have a chance to step in and be Bridgewater's main man from the get go.