The Vikings climbed to the top of CFL All-Star receiver Duron Carter's list of preferred NFL teams to sign with after today's workout at Winter Park.

"It went really well," said Carter, the 23-year-old son of Vikings Hall of Fame receiver Cris Carter. "I met everybody and it looked really good. I like Minnesota, I like the facilities, I like the coaches and everything. It seems like things are looking up. I would say Minnesota is probably my front-runner right now."

Carter had already worked out for Tampa Bay, Indianapolis and Kansas City. He said he hasn't ruled them out and plans to continue his tour of NFL teams with visits to Cleveland, Carolina, San Francisco and Washington. He said Cleveland is scheduled for next Friday, while Carolina could be as early as next week depending on the outcome of the Panthers' playoff game at Seattle on Saturday.

Carter, who caught 75 passes for 1,030 yards and seven touchdowns for the Montreal Alouettes this season, can't sign with an NFL team until Feb. 10. That's the date that CFL players entering their option years are able to jump to the NFL.

"The Vikings are No. 1, but I might as well go around and see what everybody is talking about," said Carter, a 6-5, 205-pounder who attended the Vikings' 2013 rookie minicamp as a tryout invitee. "I can't sign anyway."

As for what impressed Carter the most about Winter Park, he said, "It was kind of incomparable to the other places I've been so far. I was running around that facility when I was a kid. Going back and see some of the same people still there, it was kind of like a homecoming.

"Just talking to [receivers] coach [George] Stewart and coach [Norv] Turner [the offensive coordinator], I seemed a lot more comfortable working out with them and talking to them than a lot of other places."