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-'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 30, 2026

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  • - DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (MIN)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Jonah Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jonah Coleman
RB Washington
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Aamil Wagner Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Aamil Wagner
OT Notre Dame
Jalon Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jalon Daniels
QB Kansas
Jordan Hall Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jordan Hall
DL Georgia
Kendrick Law Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Kendrick Law
WR Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (HOU)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (HOU)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (HOU)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (HOU)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Players Gained
Head Shot
Danielle Hunter
LB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Vikings let Slaughter fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Vikings came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.

Slaughter falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The cost of the Hall reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Avieon Terrell
In pick No. 28 they get a press-man option on the boundary, and a steal at that. More want than need.
Pick49 Rnd2 Jonah Coleman
Good price on Jonah Coleman in the 49th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It fills a real need, too.
Pick69 Rnd3 Jake Slaughter
Taking Jake Slaughter in No. 69 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick82 Rnd3 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
A slide stopped in Round 3, Pick 18, with Emmanuel McNeil-Warren worth more than the price. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick97 Rnd3 Jake Golday
A top-tier edge rusher at a bargain, Jake Golday in slot 97, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick161 Rnd5 Aamil Wagner
Aamil Wagner at the 161st pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick194 Rnd6 Jalon Daniels
Jalon Daniels in pick 194 is fair value, right on his grade. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick234 Rnd7 Jordan Hall
A conviction pick on Jordan Hall at No. 234 that the board grades a round light. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick240 Rnd7 Kendrick Law
They paid up for Kendrick Law at the 240th overall pick when waiting would have done the job. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.