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Draft Selections
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (MIN)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (MIN)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Khyree Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 127 RND: 4 (MIN)
Khyree Jackson
CB Oregon
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (MIN)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (MIN)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Ashton Gillotte Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Ashton Gillotte
DL-EDGE Louisville
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (MIN)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
Draft Picks Received
Terrion Arnold Head Shot
PICK: 21 RND: 1 (IND)
Terrion Arnold
CB Alabama
Nehemiah Pritchett Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (IND)
Nehemiah Pritchett
CB Auburn
Cornelius Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 242 RND: 7 (IND)
Cornelius Johnson
WR Michigan
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CLE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brock Bowers Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Brock Bowers
TE Georgia
Delmar Glaze Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (CLE)
Delmar Glaze
C Maryland
Players Gained
Head Shot
Dayo Odeyingbo
EDGE
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB TradesB FutureA
Grand theft in Round 7, Pick 22: the Vikings steal Johnson and grade out a B.

Call it larceny. Cornelius Johnson sat on the board until pick 242, and the Vikings did not need to be asked twice. No fireworks, but a solid B.

A whole weekend of picks and safety is somehow still a want. It is not that Jackson is a bad player; it is that the Vikings had louder needs to answer first.

Adding Dayo Odeyingbo by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. They squeezed a little extra out of every move they made.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick21 Rnd1 Terrion Arnold
In No. 21 they get an island corner, though they paid up to get him. Need was not the driver here.
Pick44 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
They took J.J. McCarthy at par in Round 2, Pick 12, which is nothing to complain about. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick112 Rnd4 Howard Cross III
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Howard Cross III. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick127 Rnd4 Khyree Jackson
A surprising call. With safety, offensive lineman and other spots still to address, they spent the Round 4 slot on Khyree Jackson, a cornerback they were not short of.
Pick149 Rnd5 Devin Neal
Devin Neal in the 149th overall pick is fair value, right on his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick158 Rnd5 Nehemiah Pritchett
Taking Nehemiah Pritchett in the 158th pick is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. Depth on depth, at a spot that was hardly crying out.
Pick162 Rnd5 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis in slot 162 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick165 Rnd5 Ashton Gillotte
Ashton Gillotte at pick No. 165 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick179 Rnd6 Mike Sainristil
They robbed the room for Mike Sainristil here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick242 Rnd7 Cornelius Johnson
The board fumbled Cornelius Johnson all the way to the Round 7 slot, and they scooped it up. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.