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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (MIN)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (MIN)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (MIN)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (MIN)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Isaiah Adams Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Isaiah Adams
OT Illinois
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Cam Hart Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cam Hart
CB Notre Dame
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (MIN)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (MIN)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (MIN)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (MIN)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Rondell Bothroyd Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (MIN)
Rondell Bothroyd
DL-EDGE Oklahoma
JD Bertrand Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
JD Bertrand
LB Notre Dame
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (MIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (JAX)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Brian Thomas Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 48 RND: 2 (JAX)
Brian Thomas Jr.
WR LSU
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
CB Missouri
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (PHI)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Minnesota
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 101 RND: 4 (CAR)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (LAR)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (DET)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Ty'Ron Hopper Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (CAR)
Ty'Ron Hopper
LB Missouri
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 6 (PHI)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 185 RND: 6 (NYG)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Zion Logue Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (LAR)
Zion Logue
DL Georgia
Rondell Bothroyd Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (JAX)
Rondell Bothroyd
DL-EDGE Oklahoma
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 237 RND: 7 (JAX)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (LAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DET)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (CAR)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NYG)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Anthony Belton Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LAR)
Anthony Belton
OL North Carolina State
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (DET)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Players Gained
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Jeremy Chinn
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Christian Elliss
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Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall A
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureA+
A franchise passer in Daniels headlines a A weekend for the Vikings.

The Vikings spent real capital to be 103 picks early on Rondell Bothroyd, and the board is going to hold them to it. Very little went wrong, and the A is earned.

Everything downstream of Jayden Daniels depends on Jayden Daniels, and the building knows it. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Hadden falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

In the end it comes back to Jayden Daniels, and a haul good enough to build on right away.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In slot 17 they get a passer to set the clock by at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick33 Rnd2 JC Latham
A tidy bit of business in the Round 2 slot, where JC Latham graded well above the range. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick48 Rnd2 Brian Thomas Jr.
Brian Thomas Jr. is a better player than Round 2, Pick 16 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick65 Rnd3 Ennis Rakestraw Jr.
Ennis Rakestraw Jr. at No. 65 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick97 Rnd3 Austin Booker
Austin Booker in the 97th pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick101 Rnd4 Blake Corum
They will replay Blake Corum at the 101st overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick130 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
Khyree Jackson in pick 130 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick148 Rnd5 Isaiah Adams
Isaiah Adams at pick No. 148 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick157 Rnd5 James Williams
They barely believed it either: James Williams still on the board at No. 157. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick160 Rnd5 Cam Hart
You do not let a cornerback like Cam Hart reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick167 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden in the 167th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick168 Rnd5 Ty'Ron Hopper
They let Ty'Ron Hopper come to them and pounced at slot 168. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick178 Rnd6 Edefuan Ulofoshio
Edefuan Ulofoshio slipping to Round 6, Pick 3 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick179 Rnd6 Theo Johnson
Theo Johnson at the 179th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It fills a real need, too.
Pick185 Rnd6 LaDarius Henderson
LaDarius Henderson in slot 185 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick191 Rnd6 Zion Logue
A real head-scratcher, Zion Logue in the 191st pick is miles ahead of his ranking. The roster fit checks out.
Pick211 Rnd6 Rondell Bothroyd
Value said wait; Rondell Bothroyd in pick 211 says they were not listening. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick230 Rnd7 JD Bertrand
Steal is underselling it; JD Bertrand at Round 7, Pick 10 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick237 Rnd7 Christian Jones
Taking Christian Jones in the 237th overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.