FOXBOROUGH — For one reason or another, star athletes that began their careers in Minnesota just keep winding up in Boston.

David Ortiz comes to mind in baseball, as does Kevin Garnett in basketball, and Randy Moss in football.

Patriots receiver Stefon Diggs is the latest star in the Minnesota to Boston sports pipeline. He told reporters Wednesday that Drake Maye ‘s presence, along with the chance to learn from Mike Vrabel and Josh McDaniels were part of the “conglomerate” of factors that helped bring him to New England.

The fact that he also had familiarity with his position coach, Todd Downing, from their time in Minnesota also helped. Downing was the Vikings’ tight-ends coach in 2018, Diggs’s fourth season in the league.

“He’s part of the reason that I came here,” Diggs sai

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