The Vikings locker room was almost empty. Danielle Hunter had just finished praising his teammates and thanking interviewers, his voice low enough to keep him from getting kicked out of any library, his manner polite as a theater usher.
Hunter had just made history. Now he was ready to prove his appreciation for it.
“I think about it all the time,” he said. “We always talk about it.”
Hunter pointed at former Vikings defensive lineman Bob Lurtsema, across the room. “He always tells me about the defensive linemen here, the Purple People Eaters we’ve had here,” Hunter said.