AArod'S MOCK DRAFT
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AArod'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 16, 2025

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  • AArod DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Caleb Downs Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Caleb Downs
S Ohio State
Jake Slaughter Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jake Slaughter
C Florida
LaNorris Sellers Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (MIN)
LaNorris Sellers
QB South Carolina
Nicholas Singleton Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Nicholas Singleton
RB Penn State
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Dane Key Head Shot
PICK: 197 RND: 6 (MIN)
Dane Key
WR Nebraska
Bear Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (MIN)
Bear Alexander
DT Oregon
Jalon Daniels Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jalon Daniels
QB Kansas
Players Gained
Head Shot
Greg Newsome II
CB
Head Shot
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah
LB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Aaron Jones
RB
Head Shot
J.J. McCarthy
QB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Vikings lost the trade table, and the D tells the story.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Vikings started one anyway for Bear Alexander, 33 picks ahead of schedule. Hard to defend, and the D reflects that.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

On value alone, Daniels makes the weekend a net positive.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Caleb Downs
In pick 11 they get a ballhawk on the back end, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick43 Rnd2 Jake Slaughter
A tidy bit of business in Round 2, Pick 11, where Jake Slaughter graded well above the range. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick75 Rnd3 LaNorris Sellers
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and LaNorris Sellers at the Round 3 slot is the proof. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick97 Rnd3 Nicholas Singleton
By-the-book stuff, Nicholas Singleton at slot 97 squarely in line with his ranking. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez at the 161st overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick197 Rnd6 Dane Key
A reach on Dane Key in No. 197; the board had better options right there. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick226 Rnd7 Bear Alexander
Bear Alexander in pick No. 226 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick242 Rnd7 Jalon Daniels
Jalon Daniels at the Round 7 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.