#18
Justin Jefferson
MIN · 2020–presentACT
JustinJefferson#18WR
Age
27
Jun 16, 1999
Height
6'1"
73"
Weight
195
lb
College
LSU
2017-2019
Drafted
2020
Rd 1, Pk 22
Exp
6
seasons
Contract
$140M
4y · $35.0M APY
Status
ACT
ACT

2025 Season

Latest production
Rec
84
2025
Targets
141
regular season
Rec Yds
1,048
regular season
TD
2
regular season
Y/R
12.5
regular season
Catch %
60%
84/141
Updated 2026-06-02

Career

Team path from high school through the NFL, with draft context and accolades.
01 / Career

Career Path

2017 — Present · Includes honors
2020
Minnesota Vikings · Wide Receiver
WR · 96 active weeks
2020All-Pro (2nd Team) · Pro Bowl
2021All-Pro (2nd Team) · Pro Bowl
2022All-Pro (1st Team) · Offensive Player of the Year · Pro Bowl
2024All-Pro (1st Team) · Pro Bowl
NFL
2017–2019
LSU · WR
NCAA

Draft Profile

2020 Draft
Selection
Round 1, Pick 22
#22 overall by Minnesota Vikings
TeamMIN
Overall#22

Data Sources & Attribution

Credits
Headshot — wikipediaAll-Pro Reels. Licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. Source file
Statistics — nflverseStats are sourced from nflverse. Carl S, Baldwin B, Sharpe L, Ho T, Edwards J (2025). nflverse: Easily Install and Load the ‘nflverse’. R package version 1.0.3.9001, https://nflverse.nflverse.com/. Advanced metrics shown here are drawn via nflverse from Pro Football Reference Advanced Stats and NFL Next Gen Stats.
Pro Football ReferenceSports Reference LLC. “Pro Football Statistics and History.” Pro-Football-Reference.com. https://www.pro-football-reference.com/. (Accessed 2026-06-02.)
Athleticism & RASCombine and pro-day measurements compiled by Ray Carpenter, nfl-draft-data. Relative Athletic Score (RAS) by Kent Lee Platte, https://ras.football/.