Overview

• Jefferson reached 500 career receptions on a nine-yard catch in the first quarter of the Vikings’ Week 2 Sunday Night Football game against the Falcons.
• He achieved the milestone at 26 years and 90 days, matching Larry Fitzgerald as the youngest player to hit 500 catches.
• Fitzgerald recorded his 500th reception at the same age in 2009 and finished with 1,432 career catches, second-most in NFL history.
• Jefferson has surpassed 1,000 receiving yards in each of his first five seasons, including a career-best 1,809 yards in 2022.
• He has maintained elite production with multiple quarterbacks, including Kirk Cousins, Sam Darnold and J.J. McCarthy.