Adam Thielen Biography, Wife, Parents, Family, Height, Age, Salary

Adam Thielen is an American professional footballer who plays as a wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Minnesota Vikings at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and his professional career saw him play mostly for the Minnesota Vikings in the NFL where he plied his trade phenomenally. .

Here’s more about him and his career, his family and all the other things we found interesting about this young player with a lot of steam in him.

Adam Thielen’s Bio and Age

Named Adam John Thielen at birth August 22, 1990, to parents Pete and Jayne Thielen in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, Adam, like most Detroit kids, grew up a fan of Vikings wide receiver and Pro Football Hall of Famer Cris Carter. Adam was educated at Detroit Lakes High School where he was a four-sport athlete in football, basketball, baseball and golf. What a child! Football particularly singled him out as he was named to the all-conference and all-state selection in his senior year.

He joined Minnesota State University for his college education in 2008 to study management and as you would expect, Adam was not found missing out on the Minnesota State Mavericks football program. In his sophomore year, Adam Thielen was named Minnesota State Offensive Player of the Year in addition to being listed in the All-NSIC Second-Team South Division after leading his team with 41 receptions for 686 yards and 6 hits. By the end of his senior college season, he had scored five 100-yard games with a career-high 167 against Southwest Minnesota State in 2012.

Despite his high hopes of making it to the top of the league, Thielen came home barren of a pick in the 2013 NFL Draft. He then went for a rookie tryout and evaluation session hosted by the Vikings of Minnesota at Winter Park is where his boyhood team signed him to an undrafted free agent contract after his promising performance on the tryout. However, he did not top the roster, but he was still recruited by the practice squad on September 1, after being released on August 1, 2013.

The ‘Purple and Gold’ prodigy had his first Viking action in a preseason opener against the Oakland Raiders, following his impressive performance Adam earned himself a deserving roster in the roster of 53 men for the 2014 season.

The new season saw Adam Thielen record 8 catches for 137 yards averaging 17.1, and one offensive touchdown. He was named to the All-Pro Special Teams Returning Unit and All-NFC North Special Teams Player of the Year.

The 2015 American football season just got even better for him. Adam Thielen was recognized as the Vikings Special Team Player of the Year as it was also this year that they won the NFC North title. He remembers that season with his 12 catches for 144 yards with a long of 30.

True to his nature, Adam Thielen continued to impress in the 2016 season and led his team with 967 receiving yards with a career-high 69 catches and five touchdowns. He was listed as one of the top five players among NFL receivers with 10.0 yards per target and a catch rate of 75.0%.

In the 2017 season, he became the first-ever Viking receiver to break the 1,000-yard mark, which was last passed by Sidney Rice in 2009. He was also named to his first Pro Bowl this season and rejoiced even more when his team “The Purple and Gold” won the NFC North title.

Adam had the time of his life with the Vikings and they wouldn’t let him go just yet. He signed a new three-year contract with the team which would see him play for ‘The Purple People Eaters’ until 2020.

Salary

Adam Thielen who signed a three-year contract extension with the Minnesota Vikings in March 2017 that is worth up to $27 million with $11 million guaranteed earns a base salary of $3,850,000 in 2018, by 2019 and 2020, when his contract expires, he will earn $3,850,000 and $5,350,000 as his base salary respectively.

Adam Thielen Family – Parents and Wife

Adam’s parents are Pete and Jayne Thielen, other than their names not much has been written about them in the media. Nonetheless, given their son’s success in America’s number one sport, they must be very proud of him.

Away from the hustle and bustle of the pigskin sports field, Adam Thielen gets cozy with his significant other – Caitlin Graboski Thielen who he met when they were students at Minnesota State.

Caitlin played football at Iowa State University before transferring to Minnesota State and continued to play for the college side. She holds a degree in communication disorders and speech therapy.

Following their relationship in college and being sure that what they felt for each other was love and nothing but absolute love, the two “great ideas. The ‘Real World Thinking’ alumni tied the nuptial knot in 2015 and are now attached to the parents of a son they had together.

the size

Adam Thielen, like most other footballers in his class, is 1.88m (6ft 2in) tall and weighs 91kg (200lbs).

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