Vikings' Justin Jefferson needs 119 receiving yards to set a historic NFL record

Billy Heyen

Vikings' Justin Jefferson needs 119 receiving yards to set a historic NFL record image

Justin Jefferson continues to write his name in NFL wide receiver history.

It seems like from the moment the former LSU star joined the Minnesota Vikings, he has been setting records.

He's just 119 receiving yards from his latest history.

Jefferson can become the fastest player in NFL history to reach 8,000 receiving yards, according to Pro Football Talk.

He enters Sunday's Week 7 matchup with the Philadelphia Eagles having 7,881 receiving yards in his NFL career.

This will be Jefferson's 83rd career game.

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The previous fastest to get there was Julio Jones, who did it in 85 games. That means Jefferson has two games to set this record.

Jefferson has had more than 120 receiving yards in each of the past two games as the Vikings have involved him early and often.

The Vikings will surely do that again against the Eagles, whose secondary has been a little more vulnerable than maybe expected.

Jefferson could see a heavy dose of second-year CB Quinyon Mitchell, although expect more than just one guy focused on him at all times.

The Eagles have lost two in a row, so they'll clearly want to shut down the opposition's best player and get back in the win column.

The way Jefferson is going right now, though, he might be tough to stop.

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Billy Heyen

Billy Heyen is a freelance writer with The Sporting News. He is a 2019 graduate of Syracuse University who has written about many sports and fantasy sports for The Sporting News. Sports reporting work has also appeared in a number of newspapers, including the Sandusky Register and Rochester Democrat & Chronicle