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RUN ON FEB 2, 2026

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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Caleb Banks
DE Florida
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Chandler Rivers Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Chandler Rivers
CB Duke
Sam Roush Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Sam Roush
TE Stanford
Bryce Foster Head Shot
PICK: 194 RND: 6 (MIN)
Bryce Foster
C Kansas
PJ Williams Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
PJ Williams
OT SMU
Haynes King Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Haynes King
QB Georgia Tech
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick No. 82: the Vikings steal Haulcy and grade out a B.

The Vikings did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and A.J. Haulcy fell into No. 82.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In pick 18 they get a lead back with juice at a price that makes it sweeter. A real need, handled.
Pick49 Rnd2 Caleb Banks
The board fumbled Caleb Banks all the way to pick No. 49, and they scooped it up. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick82 Rnd3 A.J. Haulcy
A.J. Haulcy at No. 82 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick97 Rnd3 Chandler Rivers
Chandler Rivers in the 97th pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick161 Rnd5 Sam Roush
A tidy bit of business in Round 5, Pick 23, where Sam Roush graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick194 Rnd6 Bryce Foster
They paid up for Bryce Foster at the Round 6 slot when waiting would have done the job. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick234 Rnd7 PJ Williams
Nothing to complain about; PJ Williams went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick240 Rnd7 Haynes King
A straight-up fair deal on Haynes King at slot 240, value and slot in agreement. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.