MANKATO, Minn. -- During much of the year, Vikings wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson drives around Eden Prairie in a red Camaro with his nickname "Flash'' painted in big letters on the back. During training camp, he's riding a custom bike with handlebars reminiscent of an old Schwinn Sting-Ray.
None of this surprises his sister, Crystal Patterson.
"He always has got to stand out,'' she said. "He doesn't follow a crowd. He makes his own.''
Patterson's sister and his mother, Catherine Patterson, are both at training camp at Minnesota State Mankato, visiting from the family's hometown of Rock Hill, S.