Star Tribune · Feb 26, 2019
New Vikings receivers coach worked his way up
Drew Petzing is right. He doesn’t look like an NFL coach.
“I list myself at 5-8,” he says, “but if I’m being honest, that’s a little generous.”
At 5-7, he looks to weigh about a buck-fifty.
“I wish,” he laughs. “More like 170.”
Yes, but Petzing’s career path to Vikings receivers coach is a classic tale of just how big an NFL-sized work ethic is and how far it can carry someone this passionate about coaching football.
Told that his is an NFL story that gets lost in the shadows of big-name head coaches, $84 million quarterbacks and persistent Division II receivers from Mankato, the 32-year-old Petzing laughs again.
