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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (MIN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
Jeremiah Trotter Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (MIN)
Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
LB Clemson
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Cade Stover Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (MIN)
Cade Stover
TE Ohio State
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (MIN)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Ricky White Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Ricky White
WR UNLV
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
AJ Barner Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (MIN)
AJ Barner
TE Michigan
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Vikings.

They will call it conviction in the building and a reach everywhere else: Cody Schrader, 37 picks early at No. 179.

The edge rusher spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. The roster is better shaped than it was, with quarterback chief among the fixes. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Good work on the whole, with edge rusher the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 12 they get a potential shutdown corner. More want than need.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jeremiah Trotter Jr.
They paid sticker price for Jeremiah Trotter Jr. in the 44th overall pick, and that is fine. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick112 Rnd4 Tate Ratledge
Tate Ratledge at pick 112 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick127 Rnd4 Cade Stover
They jumped the gun on Cade Stover, taking him earlier than his grade liked. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jordan Travis
A conviction pick on Jordan Travis at the 149th pick that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick162 Rnd5 T.J. Sanders
They reached a country mile for T.J. Sanders at No. 162, and the board is aghast. It fills a real need, too.
Pick165 Rnd5 Ricky White
Ricky White at pick 165 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick179 Rnd6 Cody Schrader
Value said wait; Cody Schrader in the 179th pick says they were not listening. The roster fit checks out.
Pick233 Rnd7 AJ Barner
A real head-scratcher, AJ Barner in No. 233 is miles ahead of his ranking. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.