Chart: About Jim Kleinsasser
Born: Jan. 31, 1977
Family: Wife Christa, sons Carter and Cayden.
NFL stats: 192 receptions, 1,688 yards (8.8 average), six touchdowns; 43 rushes, 147 yards, one touchdown.
Highlights:
• Kleinsasser is known as a blocking tight end and fullback, but his total of 192 receptions is second most in team history among tight ends (Steve Jordan, 498).
• Kleinsasser has played in 179 games, most among Vikings tight ends, and has 127 career starts (second to Jordan's 149) and 110 consecutive games played (Jordan had 113).
• Seven of the top eight individual rushing seasons in team history have taken place since Kleinsasser joined the team, and there have been 60 100-yard individual rushing games with him in the lineup.
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