Christopher Gates has been the lead writer at The Daily Norseman since the site launched in July of 2006, covering the Minnesota Vikings day in and day out.
It was just about this time one year ago when young Khyree Jackson fulfilled one of his life’s dreams when the Minnesota Vikings selected him in the fourth round of the 2024 NFL Draft. Sadly, as we know, Jackson would never get to take the field in purple as he and two of his high school teammates were killed in an automobile accident in Maryland shortly before the start of training camp.