Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jaybeast17'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON AUG 10, 2026

2027 draft eeee

  • Jaybeast17 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Dante Moore Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (MIN)
Dante Moore
QB Oregon
Suntarine Perkins Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Suntarine Perkins
LB-EDGE Ole Miss
Will Heldt Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Will Heldt
DE-EDGE Clemson
Raleek Brown Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Raleek Brown
RB Texas
Jayden Maiava Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jayden Maiava
QB USC
Jackson Bennee Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jackson Bennee
S Utah
LJ McCray Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
LJ McCray
DE-EDGE Florida
Elijah Rushing Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Elijah Rushing
LB-EDGE Oregon
Cole Sullivan Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Cole Sullivan
LB Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Dante Moore Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (LV)
Dante Moore
QB Oregon
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
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Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesF FutureA
Moore is the Vikings' new face under center. Grade: B-.

The search is over. The Vikings handed the keys to Dante Moore, and the whole operation now runs on his development. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

Heldt has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Sullivan.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped offensive lineman, which is a strange place to end up.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the offensive lineman spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Dante Moore
By-the-book stuff, Dante Moore at the Round 1 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick18 Rnd1 Suntarine Perkins
In Round 1, Pick 18 they get juice off the edge. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick49 Rnd2 Will Heldt
Value said wait; Will Heldt in the 49th pick says they were not listening. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick82 Rnd3 Raleek Brown
Good price on Raleek Brown in No. 82, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick97 Rnd3 Jayden Maiava
Jayden Maiava in pick 97 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jackson Bennee
Jackson Bennee at slot 161 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick194 Rnd6 LJ McCray
They reached a country mile for LJ McCray at pick No. 194, and the board is aghast. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick234 Rnd7 Elijah Rushing
Elijah Rushing in the 234th overall pick is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick240 Rnd7 Cole Sullivan
Cole Sullivan at Round 7, Pick 24 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.