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The night that Minnesota drafted Cleveland, Mattison said he screamed in excitement.
"It was one of those moments where you kind of get taken back … and it felt like draft day all over again," Mattison recalled. "Texting Ezra the whole time going, 'We can get you right here. Hopefully we can trade and get you right here.' We were trying to play the cards just because, you know, it's one of those situations.
"Either way, I was super pumped because I knew it was his time, and even some of our other brothers who got drafted, all of us were super connected in that moment," Mattison continued. "And when we drafted him, I'm pretty sure the neighbors heard me – that's how crazy it was in here."
Cleveland and Mattison aren't the only college teammates who will celebrate a reunion in Minnesota. Other alma maters are represented multiple times on the Vikings roster, including five former Oregon Ducks.
In December 2017, Boise State defeated Oregon 38-28 in the Las Vegas Bowl – and don't think for a second that the rivalry is dead.
But Mattison assured that it's "all fun and games" when the bowl game comes up in the locker room.
"[Former Ducks receiver] Dillon Mitchell, we joked about it," Mattison said.
"It's one of those things where even with Dalvin [Cook], this year [Boise State] played Florida State," he added. "Now I have a little bit of backup. Ezra can come in and talk with me."