AP

The Vikings will face on Sunday a rookie who has rushed for more than 100 yards in four straight starts. The Vikings have a rookie who has done something equally as significant.

As noted by Randall Liu of the NFL on Twitter, fifth-round receiver Stefon Diggs has become the first rookie in league history to generate 85 or more receiving yards in his first four games.

No other receiver in NFL history has done that. No one. Not Randy Moss or Jerry Rice or any of the all-time greats.

It doesn’t mean Diggs is on his way to that kind of production over the course of his career. Indeed, a hamstring injury could keep him from playing in a fifth straight game on Sunday against the Rams. But at a time when we’re all handing the rookie of the year award to Todd Gurley, Diggs at least merits some consideration for it.