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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Best value of the weekend goes to the Vikings for Bowman Jr.: B.

Call it larceny. Billy Bowman Jr. sat on the board until pick No. 161, and the Vikings did not need to be asked twice. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Safety is handled and the depth chart looks a good deal healthier for it. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptive interior force. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick97 Rnd3 Maxwell Hairston
They robbed the room for Maxwell Hairston here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick140 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
Taking Cam Skattebo in Round 5, Pick 1 is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick161 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
They barely believed it either: Billy Bowman Jr. still on the board at slot 161. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.