NFL mock draft: Conference championship edition

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Dec 5, 2015; Waco, TX, USA; Baylor Bears wide receiver Corey Coleman (1) leaps over a Texas Longhorns defender during the second half at McLane Stadium. The Longhorns defeat the Bears 23-17. Mandatory Credit: Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports /

60. . WR. Baylor. Corey Coleman. 23. player

Mike Zimmer has generally boasted a great defense wherever he’s traveled – whether in Dallas or Cincinnati as defensive coordinator or in Minnesota as head coach. He again has a top defense with the Vikings, and even led the team to the playoffs. More pointedly, it was a game the Vikings should have won, if not for an uncharacteristic missed chip shot field goal by kicker Blair Walsh.

What the team doesn’t have though is a true No. 1 wide out. Minnesota’s 2015 fifth-round selection, Stefon Diggs was a great find with 52 receptions and 720 yards last season, but the Vikings add an even more explosive weapon for their young quarterback Teddy Bridgewater here by grabbing Baylor’s Corey Coleman.

Coleman may lack number one wide out size at only 5-foot-11 and 185 pounds, but he leaves Waco after recording consecutive 1,000 yard seasons. His final year he hauled in 74 passes for 1,363 yards (an average of more than 18 yards per grab) and an amazing 20 touchdowns. Coleman also added 111 yards rushing and averaged 26 yards per punt return.

He could be as big of a playmaker for the Vikings as Percy Harvin was once upon a time, without all the issues hopefully.

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