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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Will Shipley Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Will Shipley
RB Clemson
Justin Rogers Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Justin Rogers
DL Auburn
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Tanor Bortolini Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Tanor Bortolini
C Wisconsin
Zakhari Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Zakhari Franklin
WR Mississippi
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NE)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Tyler Nubin Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (NE)
Tyler Nubin
S Minnesota
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (MIA)
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Players traded away
Head Shot
Garrett Bradbury
C
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall C
ValueB- NeedA- TradesD+ FutureF
Maye is the plan now, and the Vikings grade out a C.

After circling the position for what felt like forever, the Vikings committed. Drake Maye is the quarterback now, and the roster gets built to his timeline. The final tally is a middling C.

They are betting Bortolini proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

So much rides on Drake Maye that the real verdict is a season or two away.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In No. 3 they get a long-term answer under center. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick108 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
A reasonable price with a little left over, Khyree Jackson in slot 108. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick130 Rnd4 Will Shipley
They paid sticker price for Will Shipley in pick 130, and that is fine. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick148 Rnd5 Justin Rogers
A premium they did not need to pay, Justin Rogers a notch or two before his time. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick160 Rnd5 Austin Booker
Austin Booker in the Round 5 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick165 Rnd5 Grayson Murphy
By-the-book stuff, Grayson Murphy at Round 5, Pick 29 squarely in line with his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick179 Rnd6 Tanor Bortolini
Tanor Bortolini at the 179th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick230 Rnd7 Zakhari Franklin
Zakhari Franklin at the 230th overall pick is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The roster fit checks out.