Here's hoping South Carolina tight end Nick Muse has an inner Jamarca Sanford he can bring to life when he arrives in Minnesota as the 77th seventh-round draft pick in 62 seasons of Vikings football.
No, the lovable Jamarca isn't the best seventh-round pick in team history. That honor belongs to Bobby Bryant, a beanpole of a defensive back who played 13 seasons (1968-80) and intercepted 51 passes, 32nd-best in league history.
But Jamarca was darn special. The undersized Ole Miss safety had an oversized heart, a motor mouth in a good way, and the kind of personality that once made fellow safety Harrison Smith respond to this reporter's pro-Jamarca tweet by saying, "I would play with 10 Jamarca Sanfords for free.