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  • Campbell78th DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (MIN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (MIN)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Malachi Corley Head Shot
PICK: 109 RND: 4 (MIN)
Malachi Corley
WR Western Kentucky
Mason McCormick Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Mason McCormick
OT South Dakota State
Jarvis Brownlee Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 145 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
CB Louisville
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Eric Watts Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Eric Watts
DL-EDGE Connecticut
Brevyn Spann-Ford Head Shot
PICK: 227 RND: 7 (MIN)
Brevyn Spann-Ford
TE Minnesota
Draft Picks Received
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 99 RND: 3 (BUF)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BUF)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (BUF)
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Draft Picks Traded
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (BUF)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Players Gained
Head Shot
Connor McGovern
OG
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB FutureA+
The Vikings let Brownlee Jr. fall and pounced. Final grade: B+.

Call it larceny. Jarvis Brownlee Jr. sat on the board until the 145th overall pick, and the Vikings did not need to be asked twice.

A whole weekend of picks and running back is somehow still a want. Adding Connor McGovern by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. The Watts reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

The hoard sets up next April more than it helps this September.

A workmanlike haul that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In slot 28 they get a press-man option on the boundary, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick42 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
They took J.J. McCarthy at par in No. 42, which is nothing to complain about. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick99 Rnd3 McKinnley Jackson
McKinnley Jackson slipping to the 99th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick109 Rnd4 Malachi Corley
They will replay Malachi Corley at Round 4, Pick 9 for years; that is how good the value is. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick130 Rnd4 Mason McCormick
They robbed the room for Mason McCormick here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick145 Rnd5 Jarvis Brownlee Jr.
You do not let a cornerback like Jarvis Brownlee Jr. reach the 145th pick and blink. They did not. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick157 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg at the Round 5 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick166 Rnd5 Sione Vaki
Sione Vaki in pick 166 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick179 Rnd6 Eric Watts
A reach on Eric Watts in Round 6, Pick 4; the board had better options right there. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick227 Rnd7 Brevyn Spann-Ford
The board had cheaper options than Brevyn Spann-Ford at pick No. 227, and it noticed. The roster fit checks out.