Dopo Hankton messo sotto contratto un altro potenziale WR, e dico potenziale perchè l'atleta in questione arriva dal basket ed è stato campione di salto in alto in division III della NCAA.....Che vogliano assicurarsi che i WR siano in grado di prendere anche i palloni impossibili?
The Vikings' search for wide receivers landed them an athlete who has never played organized football.
Todd Lowber, a former college basketball player and high jumping champion, signed a three-year contract with the team Wednesday after working out at Winter Park.
The Vikings discovered the 6-3, 205-pound Lowber when he worked out in front of several NFL scouts in late March in Wall Township, N.J. Jim Ulrich, who is helping represent Lowber for Atlanta-based Enter-Sports Management, said his client ran a 4.3 in the 40-yard dash.
Ulrich said several teams expressed interest in Lowber, including Philadelphia, St. Louis, Dallas, San Francisco and Carolina. Lowber had been scheduled to visit the Carolina Panthers today.
"It was just the people. It's all about the people," Lowber said when asked why he elected to sign with the Vikings. "It was the coaching staff. [Receivers coach George] Stewart, obviously I'm looking forward to working with him and Coach [Brad] Childress. They are good people and that's really a good sign because I'm a good person."
Lowber's athletic ability interested NFL teams but there is no doubt he will be a project. He played guard for four seasons on the Ramapo College basketball team in Mahwah, N.J., and won the 2006 NCAA Division III men's high jump. Lowber, who turned 25 in January, graduated in 2006 and spent a brief time playing basketball in Germany before returning to the United States. It was at that point he began training to play in the NFL.
"He has such freakish talent, who knows what's going to happen when he puts the pads on?" Ulrich said.
intanto pare che AD alla fine un girettino al Winter Park se lo sia già fatto....
Oklahoma running back Adrian Peterson very quietly made a visit to Minnesota last Friday to meet with the Vikings, according to NFL.com. This came two days after the Vikings hosted 25 prospects all on the same day. The Vikings have the seventh overall pick in the draft.