If one of the voters tabbed by the Associated Press to form the annual All-Pro teams had written down the Vikings' Justin Jefferson instead of the 49ers' Deebo Samuel, then Jefferson would've achieved one of his top personal goals for 2021.
Vikings' Justin Jefferson named second-team All-Pro, misses top team by one vote
Jefferson ranked second in the NFL with 1,616 receiving yards and fourth with 108 catches, but he fell one vote short of being a first-team All-Pro selection.
January 14, 2022 at 6:59PM
But Jefferson was a second-team All-Pro selection for the second time in two NFL seasons after he got 20 votes — missing the third spot on the top team to Samuel's 21 votes. The Packers' Davante Adams and the Rams' Cooper Kupp got every vote from the 50-person panel.
Jefferson ranked second in the NFL with 1,616 receiving yards and fourth with 108 catches, narrowly missing the Vikings' single-season record with the extra regular season game.
But only Samuel — with 1,770 yards — had more yards from scrimmage than Kupp among NFL receivers. San Francisco's dual threat had 365 rushing yards and eight rushing touchdowns to pair with 77 grabs for 1,405 yards and six scores.
Three other Vikings players received votes in kick returner Kene Nwangwu (seven), right tackle Brian O'Neill (three) and safety Harrison Smith (one).
Packers linebacker De'Vondre Campbell, who played for the Gophers from 2013-2015, earned first-team All-Pro honors with 18 votes. He joins the Cowboys' Micah Parsons and the Colts' Darius Leonard. Buccaneers and former Gophers safety Antoine Winfield Jr. got one vote.
Raiders kicker Daniel Carlson, the former Vikings' draft pick, was named second-team All-Pro after getting eight votes behind Ravens kicker Justin Tucker's 40.
Star Tribune NFL reporter Mark Craig has one of the 50 ballots for the Associated Press' All-Pro team. Here are his votes:
OFFENSE
WR (3): Cooper Kupp, Davante Adams, Justin Jefferson
TE (1): Travis Kelce
LT (1): Trent Williams
LG (1): Ali Marpet
C (1): Creed Humphrey
RG (1): Zack Martin
RT (1): Lane Johnson
QB (1): Aaron Rodgers
RB (1): Jonathan Taylor
DEFENSE
Edge rusher (2): T.J. Watt, Maxx Crosby
Interior linemen (2): Aaron Donald, Kenny Clark
LB (3): Micah Parsons, De'Vondre Campbell, Darius Leonard
CB (2): Trevon Diggs, J.C. Jackson
S (2): Kevin Byard, Micah Hyde
SPECIAL TEAMS
Place kicker (1): Justin Tucker
Punter (1): A.J. Cole III
Kick returner (1): Kene Nwangwu
Punt returner (1): Jakeem Grant
Special teamer (1): J.T. Gray
Long snapper (1): Luke Rhodes
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