Stefon Diggs walked into a classroom in north Minneapolis on Nov. 20 with a teammate whose presence was designed to jolt the students at Franklin Middle School.
Adam Thielen, one of Diggs' closest friends with the Vikings, was the only white person in the room.
"But that was good, though," Diggs said with a smile. "They were making fun of him a little bit."
The NFL's most prolific receiving duo — a Division II product from Detroit Lakes, Minn., and a star from the Washington, D.C., area who became the nation's top recruit — talked about issues in their hometowns.