German engineered: Vikings pick European WR

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EDEN PRAIRIE, Minn. – Moritz Boehringer got his first exposure to football through YouTube clips of Adrian Peterson. Now, the German wide receiver will go from being Peterson’s fan to his teammate.

The Minnesota Vikings selected Boehringer with the 186th overall pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, making the 22-year-old the first NFL draft pick not to play for a North American college. The 6-foot-4 receiver, who started playing football in 2013, comes to the Vikings from the Schwabisch Hall Unicorns of the German Football League.

Germany’s Moritz Boehringer becomes the first NFL player drafted without having played …

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