INSTANT OFFENSE
Vikings who have caught a TD pass in their first NFL game (*lower than a first-round pick):
Year Player Yards
1967 John Beasley, TE* 4
1973 Chuck Foreman, RB 9
1976 Sammy White, WR* 47
1987 D.J. Dozier, RB 2
1998 Randy Moss, WR 48, 31
2007 Adrian Peterson, RB 60
2009 Percy Harvin, WR 6
2012 Jarius Wright, WR* 3
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