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GWG5'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 23, 2026

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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Keith Abney II Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Keith Abney II
CB Arizona State
Jonah Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jonah Coleman
RB Washington
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Taylen Green Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Taylen Green
QB Arkansas
Tyren Montgomery Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Tyren Montgomery
WR Nicholls
Brent Austin Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Brent Austin
CB California
Eli Heidenreich Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Eli Heidenreich
WR Navy
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings won the night they stopped Golday from sliding. Grade: B-.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Jake Golday tumbling to the Vikings in the 97th pick is a gift they did not have to think twice about. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B-.

The Green pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety.

Job largely done: quarterback settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
No drama and no debate, Sonny Styles went about where he belonged in pick No. 18. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick49 Rnd2 Keith Abney II
Keith Abney II at the 49th pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick82 Rnd3 Jonah Coleman
A tidy bit of business in Round 3, Pick 18, where Jonah Coleman graded well above the range. It fills a real need, too.
Pick97 Rnd3 Jake Golday
The board fumbled Jake Golday all the way to the Round 3 slot, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick161 Rnd5 Taylen Green
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Taylen Green well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick194 Rnd6 Tyren Montgomery
They robbed the room for Tyren Montgomery here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick234 Rnd7 Brent Austin
They took Brent Austin at par in the 234th overall pick, which is nothing to complain about. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick240 Rnd7 Eli Heidenreich
No edge and no loss on Eli Heidenreich in slot 240; it is a wash and a sensible one. It patches a soft spot without any drama.