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‘He Actually Did It’: Looking Back At Adam Thielen’s Backup Plan

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — Vikings wide receiver — and Detroit Lakes native — Adam Thielen made his first Pro Bowl this season. The game is Sunday night in Orlando.

By now, it’s not just Minnesotans who are familiar with Thielen’s incredible story, but the entire country. How a small-town guy who wasn’t recruited out of high school, a Division 2 player with little NFL prospects, worked his way to the pinnacle of his profession.

But there’s another side of Thielen’s story he revealed just this year — how his profession was very nearly something else.

Like most recent college grads, Adam Thielen needed a job.