Star Tribune: Nice story about Zach Line's first NFL TD

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Undrafted rookie Line scores on TD reception
Article by: KENT YOUNGBLOOD, Star Tribune

For a relatively unknown, undrafted free agent trying to make an NFL roster, fullback Zach Line has gained a fairly high profile.

And it got a little higher in the Vikings’ preseason-opening loss to Houston on Friday in Mall of America Field. Line’s quest to win a job with the Vikings is being chronicled by Peter King’s “Monday Morning Quarterback,” which has pledged that reporter Jenny Vrentas will follow Line’s journey no matter where it goes, even if it ends up out of football.

On Friday, Line helped himself a little bit.

The score was 3-3 early in the second quarter when, on second-and-5 from the Vikings 39, Matt Cassel threw a swing pass to Line. It was his first NFL touch. He caught it, made Houston safety D.J. Swearinger miss, followed some strong lead blocking and was off down the sideline, breaking tackles en route to a 61-yard scoring play.

“It was just a perfect play,” said Line, a native of Michigan who went to Southern Methodist. “Definitely one of those plays you want to make in a game.”

Vrentas was in the stands with Line’s parents, his fiancée and about 30 members of her family, who live in Clear Lake, Iowa. After the play Vrentas tweeted that Line’s mom cried and his dad called it a top-six moment in his life, right after the births of his five kids.

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