National Football League

Vikings rookies get yearbook-style headshots with laser backgrounds you wanted as a kid

Published May. 10, 2016 10:52 a.m. ET

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Was anyone in your household growing up willling to shell out the extra few bucks for the laser beam background or some other geometric flair? Because someone in the Vikings organization ponied up for it.

Here's rookie wideout Mortiz Bohringer from Germany, who's probably wondering what's going on with this yearbook silliness:

And here's punter Chris Parente:

School photos were on the agenda for the #Vikings rookies on their first day of class.

?: https://t.co/i4USnL07mw pic.twitter.com/zN2Et1eZGU
— Minnesota Vikings (@Vikings) May 9, 2016

Just kidding. Parente is an news anchor-reporter in Denver.

Looking good, Vikings newbies. It's only a matter of time before rookie haircuts.

I had "laser cat yearbook dude" beat YEARS ago :-) 10am on @KDVR Fox, should "anything go" for your senior pic? pic.twitter.com/AjAgdHe4cJ
— Chris Parente (@chrisparente) September 12, 2014

BRONCOS POLL: Who had the funnier rookie haircut?

RT - Tim Tebow
Fav - Cody Latimer pic.twitter.com/qZmHDCWuyX
— Matt Geving (@MattGeving) August 6, 2015