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Draft Selections
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (MIN)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Darius Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Darius Robinson
DL-EDGE Missouri
Cole Bishop Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cole Bishop
S Utah
Jaylin Simpson Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jaylin Simpson
CB Auburn
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Khristian Boyd Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Khristian Boyd
DL-EDGE Northern Iowa
Hunter Nourzad Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Hunter Nourzad
C Penn State
Jared Wiley Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jared Wiley
TE TCU
LaDarius Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
LaDarius Henderson
OT Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Jayden Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jayden Daniels
QB LSU
Malik Nabers Head Shot
PICK: 5 RND: 1 (LAC)
Malik Nabers
WR LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Taliese Fuaga Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (LAC)
Taliese Fuaga
OT Oregon State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueB- NeedA- TradesF FutureD
The Vikings bet the future on Daniels. The board says F.

The Vikings lost the trade war and it was not close, handing partners the better end again and again. The warnings were there, and the F is the bill.

Jayden Daniels gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. Every board in the league had Henderson lower, and that gap is the story.

Leaving interior defensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not.

In the end, a class that has to defy its grades just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Jayden Daniels
A market-rate quarterback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jayden Daniels. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick5 Rnd1 Malik Nabers
By-the-book stuff, Malik Nabers at No. 5 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.
Pick42 Rnd2 Darius Robinson
A tidy little value on Darius Robinson in pick 42, a step better than break-even. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick108 Rnd4 Cole Bishop
Cole Bishop in Round 4, Pick 8 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick129 Rnd4 Jaylin Simpson
Jaylin Simpson at slot 129 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick157 Rnd5 Isaiah Davis
No drama and no debate, Isaiah Davis went about where he belonged in the 157th pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick167 Rnd5 Khristian Boyd
A conviction pick on Khristian Boyd at the Round 5 slot that the board grades a round light. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick177 Rnd6 Hunter Nourzad
A reach on Hunter Nourzad in the 177th overall pick; the board had better options right there. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick188 Rnd6 Jared Wiley
They paid a round early for Jared Wiley in No. 188, more than the board wanted. The roster fit checks out.
Pick230 Rnd7 LaDarius Henderson
A reach for LaDarius Henderson in pick 230; a little patience would have been rewarded. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.