Thanks to “VikingsFanInChennai” for mentioning this in this weekend’s Discussion Thread.
We missed this in the more immediate aftermath of the 2019 NFL Draft, but the father of new Minnesota Vikings’ wide receiver Dillon Mitchell took to Twitter a week ago to thank the Vikings for drafting his son, and shed a little light on why he was available in the seventh round.
If you’re having difficulty reading the tweet, the entirety of Marcus Mitchell’s statement is as follows:
One week ago today the Minnesota Vikings @Vikings drafted my son, @DMFM1_ taking a chance on him and giving him an opportunity.