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RUN ON SEP 23, 2025

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Vikings 2026 draft

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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Will Lee III Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
Will Lee III
CB Texas A&M
Cayden Green Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (MIN)
Cayden Green
OG Missouri
Bryce Lance Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Bryce Lance
WR North Dakota State
Tanner Koziol Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tanner Koziol
TE Houston
Duce Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 156 RND: 5 (MIN)
Duce Robinson
WR Florida State
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (MIN)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Tony Rojas Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tony Rojas
LB Penn State
Randon Fontenette Head Shot
PICK: 195 RND: 6 (MIN)
Randon Fontenette
S Vanderbilt
Preston Hodge Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (MIN)
Preston Hodge
CB Colorado
Khordae Sydnor Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (MIN)
Khordae Sydnor
DL-EDGE Purdue
Jordan White Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jordan White
OG Vanderbilt
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (MIN)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (MIN)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OT Texas A&M
Kamarro Edmonds Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (MIN)
Kamarro Edmonds
RB East Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Cayden Green Head Shot
PICK: 83 RND: 3 (DEN)
Cayden Green
OG Missouri
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (BAL)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Tony Rojas Head Shot
PICK: 175 RND: 5 (BAL)
Tony Rojas
LB Penn State
Preston Hodge Head Shot
PICK: 210 RND: 6 (NYJ)
Preston Hodge
CB Colorado
Khordae Sydnor Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Khordae Sydnor
DL-EDGE Purdue
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 251 RND: 7 (NYJ)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Aki Ogunbiyi Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (DEN)
Aki Ogunbiyi
OT Texas A&M
Kamarro Edmonds Head Shot
PICK: 256 RND: 7 (LAC)
Kamarro Edmonds
RB East Carolina
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CAR)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (DEN)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (PIT)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 81 RND: 3 (CAR)
Jalon Kilgore
CB South Carolina
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (CAR)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Luke Hasz Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (CAR)
Luke Hasz
TE Ole Miss
Dane Key Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (CAR)
Dane Key
WR Nebraska
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (CAR)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ARI)
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Players Gained
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Boogie Basham
LB
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Clyde Edwards-Helaire
RB
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Kalen King
CB
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Sam Roberts
DT
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Nick Scott
S
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JuJu Smith-Schuster
WR
Players traded away
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Aaron Jones
RB
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Adam Thielen
WR
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Byron Murphy Jr.
CB
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Dallas Turner
LB
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Harrison Smith
S
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Jonathan Allen
DT
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Josh Metellus
S
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueD+ NeedB TradesF FutureC-
The Vikings reached for Sydnor and never recovered. Grade: F.

The Vikings bet big and early on Khordae Sydnor, 214 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right. The warnings were there, and the F is the bill.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The Koziol pick alone nudges the whole weekend up a notch. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

There is no soft landing here; this class has to massively overperform just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
In pick 17 they get an every-down engine for the run game at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick49 Rnd2 Will Lee III
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Will Lee III. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick83 Rnd3 Cayden Green
They talked themselves into Cayden Green at slot 83, and the board did not agree. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick97 Rnd3 Bryce Lance
Bryce Lance at No. 97 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick117 Rnd4 Tanner Koziol
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Tanner Koziol at pick No. 117 is the proof. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick156 Rnd5 Duce Robinson
No edge and no loss on Duce Robinson in the 156th overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. The roster fit checks out.
Pick172 Rnd5 Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter at No. 172 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick175 Rnd5 Tony Rojas
This one needs a full-page explanation: Tony Rojas in pick 175, miles early. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick195 Rnd6 Randon Fontenette
A big swing on Randon Fontenette at slot 195, well ahead of any board in the building. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick210 Rnd6 Preston Hodge
Value said wait; Preston Hodge in the 210th overall pick says they were not listening. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick216 Rnd6 Khordae Sydnor
Khordae Sydnor in pick No. 216 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick230 Rnd7 Jordan White
A reach on Jordan White in the Round 7 slot; the board had better options right there. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick251 Rnd7 J.C. Davis
J.C. Davis in Round 7, Pick 35 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick254 Rnd7 Aki Ogunbiyi
They reached a country mile for Aki Ogunbiyi at the 254th pick, and the board is aghast. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick256 Rnd7 Kamarro Edmonds
They left a pile of value on the table to take Kamarro Edmonds this early at the 256th overall pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.