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Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (MIN)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Ethan Driskell Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Ethan Driskell
OT Marshall
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Matthew Jones Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Matthew Jones
OG Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
T.J. Tampa Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
T.J. Tampa
CB Iowa State
Draft Picks Traded
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (WSH)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureD-
A franchise passer in Maye headlines a F weekend for the Vikings.

The phones were a trap the Vikings kept walking into, shipping out surplus on nearly every deal.

Everything downstream of Drake Maye depends on Drake Maye, and the building knows it. Every board in the league had Gray lower, and that gap is the story. The King pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with safety, wide receiver and other spots still on the board.

The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

There is no spinning it; the board won this weekend going away.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In Round 1, Pick 2 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 T.J. Tampa
A straight-up fair deal on T.J. Tampa at slot 40, value and slot in agreement. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick42 Rnd2 Kalen King
A surprising call. With safety, wide receiver and other spots still to address, they spent pick 42 on Kalen King, a cornerback they were not short of.
Pick108 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Cedric Gray well ahead of where he belonged. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick130 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
Good price on Justin Eboigbe in the 130th overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick148 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
A tidy little value on Javion Cohen in No. 148, a step better than break-even. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick160 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
Zion Tupuola-Fetui at the 160th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick166 Rnd5 Ethan Driskell
The board had cheaper options than Ethan Driskell at pick No. 166, and it noticed. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick179 Rnd6 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis in pick 179 is fair value, right on his grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick230 Rnd7 Matthew Jones
They paid sticker price for Matthew Jones in pick No. 230, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.