Minnesota Vikings wide receivers coach Keenan McCardell knows a thing or two about climbing the ladder as an NFL wide receiver. A 12th-round pick. . .yes, the draft once had 12 rounds (and more). . .in the 1991 NFL Draft, McCardell wound up having a prolific NFL career that saw him catch 883 passes for 11,373 yards because he worked his tail off for a long time to get to the top of the league at his position.
Coach McCardell must have seen something in sixth-round pick Jalen Nailor, because McCardell reportedly “pounded the table” for the Vikings to draft Nailor when the Vikings’ second sixth-round pick came on the clock on Saturday afternoon.