Just like any other 11 or 12 year male starstruck by professional athletes, I'm sure La Costa Canyon and Boise State alumnus Vinny Perretta watched in amazement when NFL MVP quarterback Brett Favre led the Green Bay Packers to a decisive Superbowl Victory over the New England Patriots in the 1997 Superbowl.

Little did young Perretta know one day he'd spend summer running routs for one of the greatest players in NFL history.

Perretta, who graduated from La Costa Canyon in 2004 and went on to a colorful career at Boise State, was picked up as a rookie free agent by the Minnesota Vikings, after April's NFL draft.

Perretta is competing in camp to be one of the lucky players to make the 53-man Vikings roster. With many talented players competing for a limited amount of spots, Perretta is fighting an uphill battle, but has a shot to make it.

Brett Favre, an NFL legend who, for the second time, came out of retirement on Tuesday to play with the Minnesota Vikings, had a chance to throw routes to young Perretta in Friday's practice. While I couldn't find any clips online of the practice, I was able to find a good clip of Vinny doing a (Got-to) GO-route.