MINNESOTA VIKINGS

Justin Jefferson breaks NFL record for most receptions in first three seasons

Tyler Forness
Vikings Wire

Another game, another record set by Minnesota Vikings star wide receiver Justin Jefferson. This time, it was for receptions in the first three years of his career.

On Sunday, with a 23-yard reception in the first quarter against the Chicago Bears, Jefferson passed New Orleans Saints wide receiver Michael Thomas with his 322nd reception in the first three seasons of a NFL career, an all-time record.

It isn't that he is catching a lot of slant routes or screen passes. Jefferson is doing it on all three levels of the field with ease.

WR Justin Jefferson and the Vikings needed 70 minutes of game time and a historic comeback Saturday to win the NFC North.

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Throughout the season, Jefferson has the NFL record for most receiving yards in the first three years of a career and set the team record for most receptions and yards in the first three seasons of a career along with single-season records for both receptions and yards.

There isn't anyone in the NFL like Jefferson and the Vikings continue their lineage of great wide receivers to play for the organization.