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Draft Selections
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (MIN)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (MIN)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Bucky Irving Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Bucky Irving
RB Oregon
Justin Eboigbe Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Justin Eboigbe
DL-EDGE Alabama
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Kitan Oladapo Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kitan Oladapo
S Oregon State
Austin Reed Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Austin Reed
QB Western Kentucky
Taulia Tagovailoa Head Shot
PICK: 232 RND: 7 (MIN)
Taulia Tagovailoa
QB Maryland
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 71 RND: 3 (ARI)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (NE)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (ARI)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (ARI)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Javontae Jean-Baptiste Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (NE)
Javontae Jean-Baptiste
DE-EDGE Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB+ FutureD+
The Vikings bet the future on Maye. The board says B-.

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. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

Tagovailoa has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The offensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Irving.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get the face of the franchise at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick66 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
A premium they did not need to pay, Mike Sainristil a notch or two before his time. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick71 Rnd3 Austin Booker
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Austin Booker. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick108 Rnd4 Bucky Irving
They robbed the room for Bucky Irving here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick129 Rnd4 Justin Eboigbe
This one needs a full-page explanation: Justin Eboigbe in the 129th pick, miles early. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick157 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
They read the board right and Tommy Eichenberg was the payoff at No. 157. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick167 Rnd5 Kitan Oladapo
A quiet steal in the Round 5 slot: Kitan Oladapo for less than the market said. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick230 Rnd7 Austin Reed
They reached a country mile for Austin Reed at the 230th overall pick, and the board is aghast. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick232 Rnd7 Taulia Tagovailoa
They talked themselves into Taulia Tagovailoa at pick 232, and the board did not agree. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.