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DREW PETZING WIDE RECEIVERS COACHING EXPERIENCE: 13TH SEASON NFL EXPERIENCE: 7TH SEASON VIKINGS EXPERIENCE: 6TH SEASON Drew Petzing enters his sixth season with the Minnesota The 22-year-old burst onto the scene, recording at least 6 Vikings and his first as the wide receivers coach. Petzing receptions and at least 85 yards in his 1st 4 games in the NFL. will return to the position group after previously serving as Diggs was named the PFWA’s All-Rookie team and was 2nd the assistant wide receivers coach. Throughout his tenure in among all rookies in receiving yards, trailing only , Minnesota, Petzing has also spent time coaching the 4th-overall pick in the 2015 NFL Draft. Veterans Mike Wallace and running backs. and Jarius Wright contributed 39 and 34 receptions, respectively. Petzing finished his 5th season with the In his first season with the Vikings, Petzing worked primarily and his 1st as the assistant QBs coach in 2018. Petzing has spent on the field with the Vikings RB corps, a position group that saw time aiding both the RBs and WRs corps during his tenure with two different RBs lead the team in rushing, including rookie RB the Vikings, helping the club to a pair of NFC North titles and Jerick McKinnon, who finished the 2014 campaign with the 3rd- some record-setting individual performances. Petzing brings a most rushing yards by a rookie. The 3rd-round selection out of diverse background from collegiate and pro football to the Vikings Georgia Southern who primarily played an option QB in college, staff. posted 538 rushing yards in his debut season. The rookie finished In his 1st season working with QB , the veteran QB tied for 5th in the NFL among RBs with more than 100 carries by had a career year setting season bests in completion percentage averaging 4.8 yards per attempt. (70.1%) and passing TDs (30) and threw the fewest INTs (10) since Petzing spent the 2013 season with the becoming a full-time starter in 2015. Cousins reached benchmarks working as a football operations intern focusing primarily on the that no other QB in NFL history had in 2018, becoming the 1st ever offensive side of the ball. He served on the Browns staff that to throw for at least 4,000 yards, at least 30 passing TDs, 10 or included Vikings and QBs coach fewer INTs and complete at least 70.0% of his passes in a season. Scott Turner. The 2017 Vikings balance on was instrumental to a Prior to working for the Browns, Petzing served as the OLBs 13-3 regular season, the NFC North title and a berth in the NFC coach at Yale for the 2012 season. Championship Game. The passing game excelled with 2 QBs under He spent the 2010 season at Boston College as the recruiting center as Case Keenum replaced injured starter graduate assistant before moving on the field as the defensive and posted an 11-3 mark as the starter. The WR unit was led by graduate assistant in 2011. 2nd-Team All-Pro , whose career- After graduating from Middlebury College in 2009, Petzing high 1,276 yards and 91 catches also earned him a berth. spent a year with Harvard as a volunteer assistant. His yardage ranked #5 in the NFL, #2 in the NFC, and his 91 Petzing spent his first 2 years at Middlebury as a DB on the receptions are the most in a season by any Vikings player except football team but suffered injuries which ended his playing Hall of Famers and . tied for career. During his time at Middlebury, he was teammates with the team lead with 8 receiving TDs and he set a team record as the future -winning K Steven Hauschka, who began his fastest player to reach 200 career catches, accomplishing it in 40 NFL career as a rookie free agent with the Vikings. He spent the games, 2 quicker than Moss or ’s 42 games. final 2 years as a volunteer student assistant before graduating During the 2016 season the Vikings WRs found production from Middlebury in 2009 with a degree in economics and minors from several players enjoying career years. Thielen had a breakout in math and philosophy. Petzing and his wife, Louisa, reside in 967 yards to lead the team and joined Diggs in breaking the 900- . yard mark. Diggs led the team with 84 receptions. Entering 2016, Thielen had 20 catches for 281 yards and 1 TD in his 2-year career. He went on to notch 202 yards receiving at Green Bay (12/24) to tie for the 3rd-best day in Vikings history. Thielen and Diggs each had PETZING’S BACKGROUND 3 games over the 100-yard mark during the season. Playing In 2015, Petzing spent his 2nd season with the Vikings mainly 2005-06...... Middlebury // DB Coaching helping WRs coach George Stewart on the practice field, as well as 2007-08...... Middlebury // Volunteer Student Assistant assisting the offensive coaching staff in general. Petzing helped 2009...... Harvard // Volunteer Assistant assist a WR corps with a blend of experience and youth. Stefon 2010-11...... Boston College // Graduate Assistant Diggs, who was a 5th-round selection out of Maryland, became 2012...... Yale // Outside LBs the 1st rookie in club history to lead the team in receptions (52), 2013...... Cleveland Browns // Football Operations despite being inactive for the 1st 3 games of the season. Diggs 2014-17...... Minnesota Vikings // Assistant WRs also led the Vikings with 720 receiving yards, the most by a rookie 2018...... Minnesota Vikings // Assistant QBs since Percy Harvin’s 790 in 2009. 2019...... Minnesota Vikings // Wide Receivers