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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Sam Hecht Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Sam Hecht
C Kansas State
Emmett Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Emmett Johnson
RB Nebraska
Kevin Coleman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kevin Coleman Jr.
WR Missouri
David Gusta Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (MIN)
David Gusta
DT Kentucky
Antonio Kite Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Antonio Kite
CB Ole Miss
Miller Moss Head Shot
PICK: 235 RND: 7 (MIN)
Miller Moss
QB Louisville
Jack Kelly Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jack Kelly
LB BYU
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Vikings a B-.

Every other box got a look, but edge rusher did not. The Vikings will head to camp with the same hole they walked in with.

They will need Kelly to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. Coleman Jr. falling to them is the kind of break a good board is built to catch. They went 5 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In the 18th pick they get a three-down second-level presence. Need was not the driver here.
Pick49 Rnd2 D'Angelo Ponds
They paid sticker price for D'Angelo Ponds in slot 49, and that is fine. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick82 Rnd3 Sam Hecht
Sam Hecht in pick 82 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick97 Rnd3 Emmett Johnson
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Emmett Johnson. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick163 Rnd5 Kevin Coleman Jr.
Kevin Coleman Jr. at No. 163 is money in the bank, a wide receiver taken below his worth. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick196 Rnd6 David Gusta
No drama and no debate, David Gusta went about where he belonged in Round 6, Pick 15. It fills a real need, too.
Pick234 Rnd7 Antonio Kite
Good price on Antonio Kite in pick No. 234, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick235 Rnd7 Miller Moss
A tidy little value on Miller Moss in the Round 7 slot, a step better than break-even. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick244 Rnd7 Jack Kelly
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Jack Kelly well ahead of where he belonged. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.