Drakotico853'S MOCK DRAFT
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Drakotico853'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON FEB 22, 2026

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  • Drakotico853 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Logan Jones Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Logan Jones
C Iowa
Nate Boerkircher Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Nate Boerkircher
TE Texas A&M
Eli Heidenreich Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Eli Heidenreich
WR Navy
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Vikings and Jones: B-.

The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Logan Jones, the No. 129 name on the board, sitting there at Round 5, Pick 23 like a gift left on the doorstep.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. Every board in the league had Allen lower, and that gap is the story.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Arvell Reese at No. 18 is the proof. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick49 Rnd2 Dillon Thieneman
Dillon Thieneman slid further than he should have, and pick 49 is lovely value for the safety. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick82 Rnd3 Kaytron Allen
They reached into another round for Kaytron Allen, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick97 Rnd3 Chandler Rivers
Chandler Rivers slipping to pick No. 97 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick161 Rnd5 Logan Jones
The board fumbled Logan Jones all the way to the 161st overall pick, and they scooped it up. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick194 Rnd6 Nate Boerkircher
A quiet steal in the Round 6 slot: Nate Boerkircher for less than the market said. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick234 Rnd7 Eli Heidenreich
No drama and no debate, Eli Heidenreich went about where he belonged in Round 7, Pick 18. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick240 Rnd7 Trey Zuhn III
No edge and no loss on Trey Zuhn III in slot 240; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.