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Draft Selections
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (MIN)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Chris Braswell Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Chris Braswell
LB-EDGE Alabama
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (MIN)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (MIN)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (MIN)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Tyrone Tracy Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tyrone Tracy Jr.
WR Purdue
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Tykee Smith Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tykee Smith
S Georgia
Javion Cohen Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Javion Cohen
OG Miami (FL)
Sione Vaki Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 6 (MIN)
Sione Vaki
S Utah
Joe Milton III Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (MIN)
Joe Milton III
QB Tennessee
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (MIN)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 26 RND: 1 (TB)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 57 RND: 2 (TB)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (BAL)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (TB)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (SEA)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Garret Greenfield Head Shot
PICK: 246 RND: 7 (TB)
Garret Greenfield
OT South Dakota State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (SEA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (TB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (SEA)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Mekhi Wingo Head Shot
PICK: 107 RND: 4 (BAL)
Mekhi Wingo
DT LSU
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tyler Lockett
WR
Head Shot
Zyon McCollum
CB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Harrison Smith
S
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
Greenfield should have been long gone. The Vikings pounced, and earned a B+.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Vikings came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close. It does the job without flash, and the B+ reflects it.

That Greenfield pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up.

The Vikings clearly valued win-now help, adding bodies who have done it before.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick26 Rnd1 Quinyon Mitchell
In slot 26 they get a potential shutdown corner. Need was not the driver here.
Pick42 Rnd2 Chris Braswell
They took Chris Braswell at par in Round 2, Pick 10, which is nothing to complain about. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick57 Rnd2 Braden Fiske
Braden Fiske at the 57th overall pick is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the interior defensive lineman. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick62 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
They barely believed it either: Payton Wilson still on the board at the 62nd pick. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick89 Rnd3 Trey Benson
Trey Benson at the Round 3 slot is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick128 Rnd4 Tyrone Tracy Jr.
A reasonable price with a little left over, Tyrone Tracy Jr. in pick No. 128. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick151 Rnd5 Jarrian Jones
Jarrian Jones at Round 5, Pick 15 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick156 Rnd5 Tykee Smith
Value with a capital V on Tykee Smith in No. 156, a genuine coup. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick166 Rnd5 Javion Cohen
No edge and no loss on Javion Cohen in slot 166; it is a wash and a sensible one. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick176 Rnd6 Sione Vaki
Sione Vaki at pick No. 176 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick187 Rnd6 Joe Milton III
They liked Joe Milton III enough to skip the value, taking him in the 187th overall pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick230 Rnd7 Tyrice Knight
Nice patience on Tyrice Knight, who had no business lasting to the Round 7 slot. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick246 Rnd7 Garret Greenfield
Garret Greenfield at pick 246 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.