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RUN ON FEB 26, 2026

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  • Cornball2026 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
CJ Allen Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (MIN)
CJ Allen
LB Georgia
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (MIN)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (MIN)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Julian Neal Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Julian Neal
CB Arkansas
Bryce Boettcher Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Bryce Boettcher
LB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
CJ Allen Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (TEN)
CJ Allen
LB Georgia
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 36 RND: 2 (LV)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
Cole Payton Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (NYJ)
Cole Payton
QB North Dakota State
Draft Picks Traded
Eli Stowers Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (KC)
Eli Stowers
TE Vanderbilt
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (KC)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
Red Murdock Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (KC)
Red Murdock
LB Buffalo
Jalen Huskey Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (TEN)
Jalen Huskey
S Maryland
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (TEN)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
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Players traded away
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Aaron Jones
RB
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Bryson Nesbit
TE
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Gavin Bartholomew
TE
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Harrison Smith
S
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J.J. McCarthy
QB
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Jordan Addison
WR
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Max Brosmer
QB
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Tai Felton
WR
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Ty Chandler
RB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueD NeedB TradesF FutureF
A weekend the Vikings spent fighting the board, and losing. F.

The rest of the league had time to spare on Cole Payton; the Vikings did not wait, grabbing him 193 spots ahead at the 44th overall pick. It bottoms out at a F.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The edge rusher hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

On value alone, Neal makes the weekend a net positive. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left edge rusher open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In pick 18 they get a featured back at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick35 Rnd2 CJ Allen
CJ Allen at No. 35 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick36 Rnd2 Bryce Lance
A wild overpay on Bryce Lance in pick No. 36, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. The roster fit checks out.
Pick44 Rnd2 Cole Payton
A big swing on Cole Payton at Round 2, Pick 12, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick97 Rnd3 Julian Neal
They let Julian Neal come to them and pounced at slot 97. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick161 Rnd5 Bryce Boettcher
They jumped the gun on Bryce Boettcher, taking him earlier than his grade liked. Stacking talent where they were already deep.