TBarin13'S MOCK DRAFT
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TBarin13'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON APR 6, 2026

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  • TBarin13 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Jadarian Price Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jadarian Price
RB Notre Dame
Malachi Fields Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Malachi Fields
WR Notre Dame
Dametrious Crownover Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Dametrious Crownover
OT Texas A&M
Dallen Bentley Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (MIN)
Dallen Bentley
TE Utah
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Owen Heinecke Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (MIN)
Owen Heinecke
LB Oklahoma
Brent Austin Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (MIN)
Brent Austin
CB California
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings robbed the room for Fields. Final grade: B-.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Malachi Fields, pick No. 97, roughly 24 picks past where he belonged.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for. Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In the Round 1 slot they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, and a steal at that.
Pick49 Rnd2 D'Angelo Ponds
By-the-book stuff, D'Angelo Ponds at pick 49 squarely in line with his ranking. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick82 Rnd3 Jadarian Price
Jadarian Price slid further than he should have, and Round 3, Pick 18 is lovely value for the running back. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick97 Rnd3 Malachi Fields
Somehow Malachi Fields was still sitting there in pick No. 97, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick163 Rnd5 Dametrious Crownover
Steal is underselling it; Dametrious Crownover at No. 163 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick196 Rnd6 Dallen Bentley
A market-rate tight end, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dallen Bentley. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick234 Rnd7 Xavier Nwankpa
Xavier Nwankpa at the 234th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick235 Rnd7 Owen Heinecke
No edge and no loss on Owen Heinecke in slot 235; it is a wash and a sensible one. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick244 Rnd7 Brent Austin
Brent Austin at No. 244 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Stacking talent where they were already deep.