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Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (MIN)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Daijun Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Daijun Edwards
RB Georgia
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (MIN)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Malik Washington Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Malik Washington
WR Virginia
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Draft Picks Received
Nate Wiggins Head Shot
PICK: 33 RND: 2 (CAR)
Nate Wiggins
CB Clemson
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NO)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NO)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NO)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Players Gained
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Tyrann Mathieu
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Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueA- NeedB- TradesB FutureA+
The Vikings let Washington fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Malik Washington, Round 5, Pick 21, roughly 37 picks past where he belonged. No fireworks, but a solid B+.

The McKinstry pick reads as want over need, and the roster will feel it at safety. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain.

They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made. The Tyrann Mathieu pickup adds a known quantity to a class of unknowns.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick33 Rnd2 Nate Wiggins
Circle this one: Nate Wiggins at pick No. 33 is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick42 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
A curious use of pick 42. Safety needed the pick; a cornerback in Kool-Aid McKinstry did not.
Pick109 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III in slot 109 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
Pick130 Rnd4 Daijun Edwards
By-the-book stuff, Daijun Edwards at Round 4, Pick 30 squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick145 Rnd5 Justin Eboigbe
Justin Eboigbe at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick157 Rnd5 Malik Washington
Taking Malik Washington in the 157th pick is close to grand larceny; a wide receiver that good had no business lasting this long. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick166 Rnd5 Theo Johnson
Value with a capital V on Theo Johnson in the 166th overall pick, a genuine coup. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick179 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
They read the board right and Joe Milton III was the payoff at No. 179. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick227 Rnd7 Christian Jones
They robbed the room for Christian Jones here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.