Hempy'S MOCK DRAFT
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  • Hempy DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (MIN)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (MIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (MIN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (MIN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (MIN)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Kalel Mullings Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kalel Mullings
RB Michigan
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (MIN)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (MIN)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (MIN)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIN)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 1 RND: 1 (TEN)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (TEN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 102 RND: 4 (TEN)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Luke Kandra Head Shot
PICK: 119 RND: 4 (TEN)
Luke Kandra
OG Cincinnati
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 142 RND: 5 (TEN)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (TEN)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Nick Nash Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (TEN)
Nick Nash
WR San Jose State
Dillon Gabriel Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (TEN)
Dillon Gabriel
QB Oregon
Draft Picks Traded
Kenneth Grant Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kenneth Grant
DT Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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Players traded away
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J.J. McCarthy
QB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesF FutureD
The Vikings cashed the board's mistake on Gabriel: F.

Thirty-one other rooms let Dillon Gabriel slide, and the Vikings were the ones holding the card at the Round 7 slot. Highway robbery. Little went right, and the F does not pretend otherwise.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. It is not that Hairston is a bad player; it is that the Vikings had louder needs to answer first. They punted on edge rusher, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick1 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
A straight-up fair deal on Travis Hunter at the 1st pick, value and slot in agreement. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick12 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a centerpiece for the ground game, and a steal at that.
Pick35 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen at slot 35 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick97 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending No. 97 on Maxwell Hairston with edge rusher and tight end unsolved.
Pick102 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
A reasonable price with a little left over, Malachi Moore in pick 102. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick119 Rnd4 Luke Kandra
A clean, defensible pick in Round 4, Pick 18 with a little surplus value in Luke Kandra. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick140 Rnd5 Kalel Mullings
They robbed the room for Kalel Mullings here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick142 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
You do not let a safety like Lathan Ransom reach the 142nd overall pick and blink. They did not. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick161 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
A cornerback of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
Pick168 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
Emery Jones Jr. at pick No. 168 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick180 Rnd6 Nick Nash
Steal is underselling it; Nick Nash at pick 180 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick241 Rnd7 Dillon Gabriel
Taking Dillon Gabriel in No. 241 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.