jimbo92107'S MOCK DRAFT
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jimbo92107'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 12, 2026

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  • jimbo92107 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 18 RND: 1 (MIN)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 49 RND: 2 (MIN)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Domonique Orange Head Shot
PICK: 82 RND: 3 (MIN)
Domonique Orange
DT Iowa State
Mike Washington Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Mike Washington Jr.
RB Arkansas
Xavier Nwankpa Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Xavier Nwankpa
S Iowa
Ted Hurst Head Shot
PICK: 196 RND: 6 (MIN)
Ted Hurst
WR Georgia State
Jeff Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (MIN)
Jeff Caldwell
WR Cincinnati
Bryce Foster Head Shot
PICK: 240 RND: 7 (MIN)
Bryce Foster
C Kansas
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings won the night they stopped Hurst from sliding. Grade: B-.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Ted Hurst tumbling to the Vikings in slot 196 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. The cost of the Nwankpa reach is exactly the players who went right after him.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick18 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In pick No. 18 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, and a steal at that. More want than need.
Pick49 Rnd2 D'Angelo Ponds
No drama and no debate, D'Angelo Ponds went about where he belonged in pick 49. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick82 Rnd3 Domonique Orange
They did well to land Domonique Orange in the Round 3 slot, just ahead of his grade. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick97 Rnd3 Mike Washington Jr.
They paid up for Mike Washington Jr. at slot 97 when waiting would have done the job. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick163 Rnd5 Xavier Nwankpa
Xavier Nwankpa at No. 163 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick196 Rnd6 Ted Hurst
Ted Hurst in Round 6, Pick 15 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick234 Rnd7 Jeff Caldwell
They read the board right and Jeff Caldwell was the payoff at the 234th pick. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick240 Rnd7 Bryce Foster
They went early on Bryce Foster in the 240th overall pick, and the value did not follow. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.