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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Kris Abrams-Draine Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (MIN)
Kris Abrams-Draine
CB Missouri
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 164 RND: 5 (MIN)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
Dominic Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Dominic Lovett
WR Georgia
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings finally solved quarterback, and it carried them to a B.

The search is over. The Vikings handed the keys to Jayden Daniels, and the whole operation now runs on his development. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

On value alone, Lovett makes the weekend a net positive. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety. It is not that Abrams-Draine is a bad player; it is that the Vikings had louder needs to answer first.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In No. 11 they get their guy under center for the next decade. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick42 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T.J. Tampa. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick108 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
Somehow TreVeyon Henderson was still sitting there in Round 4, Pick 8, and they pounced on premier running back value. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick128 Rnd4 Kris Abrams-Draine
A curious use of pick 128. Safety, tight end and other spots needed the pick; a cornerback in Kris Abrams-Draine did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jaylan Ford
A straight-up fair deal on Jaylan Ford at the 148th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick163 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
Keith Randolph Jr. at the 163rd pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick164 Rnd5 LaDarius Henderson
No edge and no loss on LaDarius Henderson in pick No. 164; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
They paid a round early for Jaylen Harrell in slot 179, more than the board wanted. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick230 Rnd7 Dominic Lovett
They barely believed it either: Dominic Lovett still on the board at slot 230. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.