After their options dwindled after a run on wide receivers, the Vikings were still able to come away with a big, physical pass-catcher for Teddy Bridgewater.
With the 23rd overall pick in the first round of the 2016 NFL draft Thursday night, the Vikings snagged Mississippi wide receiver Laquon Treadwell, who returned from a gruesome leg injury in 2014 to catch 11 touchdown passes last fall.
"When you watch him play, he has an edge to him," General Manager Rick Spielman said after making the pick. "He's a heck of football player and he loves to play the game. And those are the type of players we're trying to get in here."
Treadwell, whom many draft analysts tabbed as the top wide receiver in this class early in the pre-draft process, was the fourth wide receiver selected.
Baylor's Corey Coleman was the first picked, going 15th overall to the Cleveland Browns. Soon, the wideouts were flying off the board.
The Houston Texans swapped picks with the Washington Redskins, moving up one spot to take Notre Dame's Will Fuller at pick No. 21. The Redskins then jumped on TCU's Josh Doctson before the Vikings were on the clock.
The Vikings, resisting offers to trade down, drafted Treadwell at No. 23.