When the Minnesota Vikings selected wide receiver Laquon Treadwell of Ole Miss as their first-round pick in this past spring’s NFL Draft, the team knew it was adding a superior athlete to their roster. The young receiver displayed some of that athleticism in his first preseason game against the Cincinnati Bengals last Friday.

Before he decided to attend Ole Miss, Treadwell was ranked as one of the top wide receivers in the country in 2013 while playing his high school football at Crete-Monee High School in Crete, Illinois. Minnesota’s rookie receiver drew offers from virtually every top college football program across the country before signing with Ole Miss.

What the general public may not know is that Treadwell was also a very good basketball player in high school. Some thought he even had the abilities to play at the top level in college if he decided to focus on basketball instead of football.

Based on the clip below, the football field was not the only place where Treadwell excelled in high school.

As he has been drafted by an NFL team, it is clear that he made the right choice to pursue football. Hopefully his career ends up similar to that of another Vikings receiver who also achieved success on the high school basketball court.