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Draft Selections
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (MIN)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Tyler Guyton Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Tyler Guyton
OT Oklahoma
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (MIN)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Drake Nugent Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Drake Nugent
C Michigan
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
McCallan Castles Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
McCallan Castles
TE Tennessee
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Isaiah Davis Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Isaiah Davis
RB South Dakota State
Troy Omeire Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Troy Omeire
WR Arizona State
Draft Picks Received
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 64 RND: 2 (BAL)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (BAL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
Tyler Davis Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (WSH)
Tyler Davis
DT Clemson
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Brian O'Neill
OT
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Kirk Cousins
QB
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Marcus Davenport
LB
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T.J. Hockenson
TE
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueB NeedA- TradesF FutureD
Williams is the Vikings' new face under center. Grade: F.

The Vikings bet big and early on Troy Omeire, 34 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Caleb Williams gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. The safety hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not. Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Hadden.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left safety open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In slot 2 they get the face of the franchise at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick42 Rnd2 Tyler Guyton
A straight-up fair deal on Tyler Guyton at No. 42, value and slot in agreement. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick64 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
A reasonable price with a little left over, Edgerrin Cooper in the 64th pick. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick130 Rnd4 Drake Nugent
Drake Nugent at Round 4, Pick 30 is a conviction pick that outran the value. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick148 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
They let Kamal Hadden come to them and pounced at pick No. 148. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick160 Rnd5 McCallan Castles
Value with a capital V on McCallan Castles in the 160th overall pick, a genuine coup. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick166 Rnd5 Austin Booker
They read the board right and Austin Booker was the payoff at Round 5, Pick 30. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick179 Rnd6 Isaiah Davis
Isaiah Davis in the Round 6 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick230 Rnd7 Troy Omeire
They left a pile of value on the table to take Troy Omeire this early at pick 230. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.