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.
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.
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