NFL star Laquon Treadwell brilliantly pranked by Minnesota Vikings team-mates to ‘celebrate’ youngster’s 21st birthday

PULLING pranks on the newbie is nothing new…

Whether you’re working in bars or getting your first shot on a professional sports teams, rookies always tend to get a bit of stick early on in their career.

And NFL side, the Minnesota Vikings’, first-round draft pick Laquon Treadwell is no different.

Having just linked up with the Vikings, the young wide receiver, 21, was in for something of a surprise.

Returning to his 4×4 from training he found it had been filled from the foot-wells to the sunroof with ‘Fruit Treats’.

His proud team-mates bought hundreds of boxes of the fruity snacks to pour into his car.

Blissfully unaware thanks to the tinted windows, when Treadwell opened the car door, he wasn’t expecting to actually open the floodgates as thousands of little bags of confectionery poured onto his feet.

Vikings team-mate Kyle Rudolph helped orchestrate the attack – to ‘celebrate’ Treadwell – hitting the big 2-1.

Fortunately for everyone involved, the youngster took it all in his stride, even taking to Twitter to poke fun of himself.

As well as posting snaps of the incident, Treadwell said: “Free fruit snacks for everyone for the rest of the year.. Lol.”

His Minnesota pals also had their say, with Rudolph posting a picture of the triumphant prank, saying: “Go big or go home!

“Happy 21st Birthday Laquon!”

Another team-mate Dwight Williams added: “They done got the bro Laquon! Great problems to have tho!” [sic]

Team photographer Andy Kenutis also got in on the act, sharing four snaps, saying: “Now this is a prank!

“Hope Laquon likes fruit snacks.”

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Sports anchor Maria Martin even got in on the act, adding: “Laquon Treadwell getting the rookie birthday treatment from the Vikings.”