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NorseGods72'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 24, 2026

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    Vikings
Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Fernando Mendoza Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Fernando Mendoza
QB Indiana
Colton Hood Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (MIN)
Colton Hood
CB Tennessee
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
Brett Norfleet Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Brett Norfleet
TE Missouri
Draft Picks Received
Colton Hood Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (MIA)
Colton Hood
CB Tennessee
Draft Picks Traded
Drew Shelton Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIA)
Drew Shelton
OT Penn State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kader Kohou
CB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall A-
ValueA+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
McCoy should have been long gone. The Vikings pounced, and earned a A-.

The Vikings did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Jermod McCoy fell into slot 234. One of the weekend's best, top to bottom, and a A- to show for it.

The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend. The safety spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

The kind of weekend a front office frames and hangs on the wall.

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Jeremiyah Love at the Round 1 slot. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick49 Rnd2 Fernando Mendoza
A top-tier quarterback at a bargain, Fernando Mendoza in No. 49, plain and simple. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick90 Rnd3 Colton Hood
Circle this one: Colton Hood at slot 90 is a fall that decides a draft. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick97 Rnd3 David Bailey
They robbed the room for David Bailey here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick161 Rnd5 Sonny Styles
They barely believed it either: Sonny Styles still on the board at pick No. 161. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick194 Rnd6 Kayden McDonald
Kayden McDonald at pick 194 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick234 Rnd7 Jermod McCoy
Somehow Jermod McCoy was still sitting there in the 234th overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick240 Rnd7 Brett Norfleet
Steal is underselling it; Brett Norfleet at Round 7, Pick 24 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.