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Draft Selections
Benjamin Morrison Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (MIN)
Benjamin Morrison
CB Notre Dame
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings let Majors fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The board owed the Vikings one, and it paid up: Jake Majors, the No. 93 name on the board, sitting there at pick 163 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Reaching for Roberts left real value on the table behind him. They will regret leaving quarterback for another day if the season turns on it. On the needs board they went 2 of 8, with offensive lineman the one that mattered most.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Benjamin Morrison
In the 28th pick they get a lockdown presence outside, a steep price for the projection. Need was not the driver here.
Pick97 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson in pick 97 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick138 Rnd5 Jaeden Roberts
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Jaeden Roberts. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick163 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Jake Majors in No. 163 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.