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jimbo92107'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 10, 2026

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  • jimbo92107 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Darrell Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (MIN)
Darrell Jackson Jr.
DT Florida State
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Emmett Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Emmett Johnson
RB Nebraska
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Max Klare Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (MIN)
Max Klare
TE Ohio State
Charles Demmings Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Charles Demmings
CB Stephen F. Austin
VJ Payne Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (MIN)
VJ Payne
S Kansas State
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Eli Heidenreich Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (MIN)
Eli Heidenreich
WR Navy
Fa'alili Fa'amoe Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (MIN)
Fa'alili Fa'amoe
OT Wake Forest
Draft Picks Received
Darrell Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 78 RND: 3 (IND)
Darrell Jackson Jr.
DT Florida State
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (DEN)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Max Klare Head Shot
PICK: 111 RND: 4 (DEN)
Max Klare
TE Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (IND)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Players Gained
Head Shot
RJ Harvey
RB
Head Shot
Jaylon Jones
CB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB- NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Vikings let Klare fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

Thirty-one other rooms let Max Klare slide, and the Vikings were the ones holding the card at the 111th overall pick. Highway robbery. The bottom line is a respectable B+.

Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck. Jackson Jr. has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick49 Rnd2 Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter in the Round 2 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It fills a real need, too.
Pick78 Rnd3 Darrell Jackson Jr.
Darrell Jackson Jr. in the 78th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick82 Rnd3 Jake Golday
They will replay Jake Golday at No. 82 for years; that is how good the value is. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick97 Rnd3 Emmett Johnson
A premium they did not need to pay, Emmett Johnson a notch or two before his time. The roster fit checks out.
Pick108 Rnd4 Ted Hurst
They robbed the room for Ted Hurst here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick111 Rnd4 Max Klare
A top-tier tight end at a bargain, Max Klare in pick 111, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick163 Rnd5 Charles Demmings
Charles Demmings in the 163rd overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick196 Rnd6 VJ Payne
VJ Payne at Round 6, Pick 15 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick234 Rnd7 Xavier Nwankpa
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Xavier Nwankpa. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick235 Rnd7 Eli Heidenreich
Eli Heidenreich in Round 7, Pick 19 is fair value, right on his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick244 Rnd7 Fa'alili Fa'amoe
Fa'alili Fa'amoe at pick 244 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.