Minnesota lost wide receiver Stefon Diggs this offseason after trading him to the Bills for draft picks.
One of those draft picks was at No. 22 in the first round, and the Vikings ended up taking a player who could replace a lot of Diggs’ production.
The team drafted Justin Jefferson out of LSU. Jefferson has a chance to come in and start at the wide receiver two spot, in an offense that is effective at getting the ball down field through play-action passes and rollouts.
According to BetMGM, Jefferson has decent odds of winning offensive rookie of the year. The LSU product is at +1750, the eighth best odds of winning the award. That’s pretty good, considering he was a late draft pick.
No big surprise for which draftee had the best odds. No. 1 overall pick quarterback Joe Burrow, now on the Bengals, is the odds-on favorite at +200. Former Georgia running back D’Andre Swift, who is now on the Lions, has the second-best odds at +850.
