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Manama'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON DEC 7, 2025

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Draft Selections
Jeremiyah Love Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Jeremiyah Love
RB Notre Dame
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (MIN)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
Drew Allar Head Shot
PICK: 161 RND: 5 (MIN)
Drew Allar
QB Penn State
Bud Clark Head Shot
PICK: 200 RND: 6 (MIN)
Bud Clark
S TCU
Jordan Castell Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jordan Castell
S Florida
Pat Coogan Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIN)
Pat Coogan
C Indiana
Draft Picks Received
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (CLE)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
Draft Picks Traded
Kenyon Sadiq Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (KC)
Kenyon Sadiq
TE Oregon
Antonio Williams Head Shot
PICK: 73 RND: 3 (NYG)
Antonio Williams
WR Clemson
Julian Neal Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (CLE)
Julian Neal
CB Arkansas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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Players Gained
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Trent McDuffie
CB
Players traded away
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Aaron Jones
RB
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Jonathan Allen
DT
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T.J. Hockenson
TE
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureC-
Reese should have been long gone. The Vikings pounced, and earned a B.

Give the war room a raise for the dealing alone. The Vikings came out ahead on every exchange that mattered, and it was not close.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Reese. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped edge rusher, which is a strange place to end up.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Jeremiyah Love
A tidy little value on Jeremiyah Love in the 11th overall pick, a step better than break-even. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick34 Rnd2 Arvell Reese
You do not let a linebacker like Arvell Reese reach slot 34 and blink. They did not. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick40 Rnd2 Kayden McDonald
Kayden McDonald slipping to pick 40 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick161 Rnd5 Drew Allar
A clean, defensible pick in pick No. 161 with a little surplus value in Drew Allar. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick200 Rnd6 Bud Clark
Bud Clark at the 200th pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick226 Rnd7 Jordan Castell
A market-rate safety, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Jordan Castell. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick241 Rnd7 Pat Coogan
Pat Coogan at Round 7, Pick 26 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.