Standing at 6-foot-4, Jayron Kearse is certainly not in the mold of the prototypical, modern day NFL safety. But the Minnesota Vikings saw something in Kearse last year and chose to select him in the seventh round of the 2016 NFL Draft.
Unlike the majority of players who get drafted in the seventh round, the safety actually saw a good amount of time on the field for the Vikings in 2016. Most of his snaps came on special teams, but he did get the opportunity to start in one game last year when Minnesota faced off against the Chicago Bears in Week 8.