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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Jordan Magee Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jordan Magee
LB Temple
Draft Picks Received
Jonah Elliss Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jonah Elliss
DE-EDGE Utah
Draft Picks Traded
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tony Pollard
RB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Vikings answered their biggest question with Daniels. Grade: B+.

Start where it matters. The Vikings took Jayden Daniels to run the offense for the next decade, and every other decision this weekend bends around that one. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. Sainristil falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch.

Tony Pollard gives the group a proven body among the projects.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
In slot 11 they get the arm they will build around. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jonah Elliss
A straight-up fair deal on Jonah Elliss at pick 56, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick108 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
They paid sticker price for Tommy Eichenberg in the 108th overall pick, and that is fine. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick130 Rnd4 Nehemiah Pritchett
Nehemiah Pritchett at the Round 4 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick148 Rnd5 Mike Sainristil
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Mike Sainristil in pick No. 148. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Pick160 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
Keith Randolph Jr. in No. 160 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick165 Rnd5 Jasheen Davis
Jasheen Davis in Round 5, Pick 29 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jacob Cowing
Jacob Cowing in the 179th pick is fair value, right on his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jordan Magee
Value with a capital V on Jordan Magee in the Round 7 slot, a genuine coup. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.