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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (MIN)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Mohamed Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Mohamed Kamara
DL-EDGE Colorado State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (MIN)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Nick Gargiulo Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (MIN)
Nick Gargiulo
C South Carolina
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Rome Odunze Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (NO)
Rome Odunze
WR Washington
Marist Liufau Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (NO)
Marist Liufau
LB Notre Dame
Rasheen Ali Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (NO)
Rasheen Ali
RB Marshall
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (NO)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NO)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NO)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Theo Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (WSH)
Theo Johnson
TE Penn State
Brandon Coleman Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (WSH)
Brandon Coleman
OL TCU
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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Players traded away
Head Shot
Jalen Nailor
WR
Head Shot
Justin Jefferson
WR
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D-
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureC
Maye is the plan now, and the Vikings grade out a D-.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Vikings did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The math is unkind, and the D- follows.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the rest of the class almost grades on a curve behind him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through safety.

Gargiulo has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Eichenberg at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and safety is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the 2nd pick they get a long-term answer under center. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick14 Rnd1 Rome Odunze
In slot 14 they get a No. 1 receiver at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick42 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
No edge and no loss on T'Vondre Sweat in No. 42; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
Pick130 Rnd4 Mohamed Kamara
Mohamed Kamara in pick No. 130 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick166 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Taking Tommy Eichenberg in pick 166 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick169 Rnd5 Marist Liufau
Marist Liufau in the 169th overall pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick179 Rnd6 Kamal Hadden
Kamal Hadden slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick190 Rnd6 Nick Gargiulo
Nick Gargiulo in Round 6, Pick 15 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick230 Rnd7 Rasheen Ali
They did well to land Rasheen Ali in slot 230, just ahead of his grade. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.