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Draft Selections
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (MIN)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIN)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Draft Picks Received
Zy Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 79 RND: 3 (WSH)
Zy Alexander
CB LSU
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 98 RND: 3 (MIA)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (BUF)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (PHI)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (PHI)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (PHI)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (MIA)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (PHI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (BUF)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIA)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Players Gained
Head Shot
Cooper DeJean
CB
Head Shot
Andrew Norwell
OG
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesA+ FutureB
The Vikings cashed the board's mistake on Higgins: B+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jay Higgins had no business being available in the Round 7 slot, and the Vikings did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Good, not great, and the B+ says as much.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

The veteran additions, Cooper DeJean chief among them, give the class a floor the rookies alone would not.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick79 Rnd3 Zy Alexander
Fair-plus on Zy Alexander, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick98 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
The board had Donovan Jackson higher than the 98th pick, and the offensive lineman fell to them anyway. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick108 Rnd4 Joshua Farmer
Joshua Farmer in the 108th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick129 Rnd4 Billy Bowman Jr.
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Billy Bowman Jr. at No. 129 is the proof. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick140 Rnd5 Brashard Smith
Steal is underselling it; Brashard Smith at the Round 5 slot is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick161 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at pick 161 is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jackson Slater
Jackson Slater in slot 162 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick166 Rnd5 Logan Brown
Logan Brown at Round 5, Pick 27 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick226 Rnd7 Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins in slot 226 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor need, but a need all the same.