Adam Thielen becomes first player to record 7 straight games with 100 yards

Through seven games, the fifth-year undrafted wideout from Minnesota State has 67 catches for 822 yards and five touchdowns.

Adam Thielen becomes first player to record 7 straight games with 100 yards
Thielen caught nine passes, including a 34-yard touchdown from Kirk Cousins on the game's opening possession. (Image Credit: Twitter)
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With 110 receiving yards in Minnesota's 37-17 road victory against the New York Jets on Sunday, Vikings wide receiver Adam Thielen became the first player in the Super Bowl era to top the century mark in each of his team's first seven games of a season.

Thielen caught nine passes, including a 34-yard touchdown from Kirk Cousins on the game's opening possession. He reached triple digits with a 21-yard grab with 7:06 to play.

Through seven games, the fifth-year undrafted wideout from Minnesota State has 67 catches for 822 yards and five touchdowns.

Charley Hennigan is the only other player with 100-plus receiving yards in the first seven games, doing so with the Houston Oilers in the American Football League in 1961.

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