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Minnesota 2025

  • joehoeppner1 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (MIN)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 140 RND: 5 (MIN)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Jordan James Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jordan James
RB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Xavier Watts Head Shot
PICK: 60 RND: 2 (DET)
Xavier Watts
S Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (DET)
Jake Majors
C Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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Players traded away
Head Shot
Garrett Bradbury
C
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall C+
ValueA- NeedB TradesF FutureC+
The Vikings let James fall into their laps, and walked away with a C+.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jordan James had no business being available in pick 161, and the Vikings did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Jahdae Barron
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get an island corner, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick60 Rnd2 Xavier Watts
Value with a capital V on Xavier Watts in pick No. 60, a genuine coup. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick140 Rnd5 Logan Brown
Logan Brown at the Round 5 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick161 Rnd5 Jordan James
The board fumbled Jordan James all the way to slot 161, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.