jimbo92107'S MOCK DRAFT
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jimbo92107'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 20, 2026

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  • jimbo92107 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Brandon Cisse Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Brandon Cisse
CB South Carolina
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Drew Allar Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Drew Allar
QB Penn State
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Jack Velling Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jack Velling
TE Michigan State
Ethan O'Connor Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Ethan O'Connor
CB Miami
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings robbed the room for Haulcy. Final grade: B-.

You could see the war room lean forward. A.J. Haulcy at the Round 3 slot is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up. Job largely done: quarterback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In the 18th pick they get a green-dot type in the middle, outstanding value to boot. More want than need.
Pick49 Rnd2 Brandon Cisse
Good price on Brandon Cisse in pick 49, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick82 Rnd3 A.J. Haulcy
A.J. Haulcy at Round 3, Pick 18 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick97 Rnd3 Nicholas Singleton
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Nicholas Singleton at the 97th overall pick is the proof. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick161 Rnd5 Drew Allar
They robbed the room for Drew Allar here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick194 Rnd6 Thaddeus Dixon
Thaddeus Dixon slipping to No. 194 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick234 Rnd7 Jack Velling
They read the board right and Jack Velling was the payoff at slot 234. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick240 Rnd7 Ethan O'Connor
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 240, where Ethan O'Connor graded well above the range. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.