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Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (MIN)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (MIN)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Kamren Kinchens Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kamren Kinchens
S Miami (FL)
Maason Smith Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Maason Smith
DT-EDGE LSU
Jarrian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jarrian Jones
CB Florida State
Kamal Hadden Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Kamal Hadden
CB Tennessee
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Zion Tupuola-Fetui Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (MIN)
Zion Tupuola-Fetui
DE-EDGE Washington
Ethan Driskell Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Ethan Driskell
OT Marshall
Kingsley Eguakun Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (MIN)
Kingsley Eguakun
C Florida
Julius Welschof Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Julius Welschof
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Draft Picks Received
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 2 RND: 1 (WSH)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Bralen Trice Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (WSH)
Bralen Trice
DE-EDGE Washington
Kingsley Eguakun Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (WSH)
Kingsley Eguakun
C Florida
Draft Picks Traded
Jer'Zhan Newton Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (WSH)
Jer'Zhan Newton
DL Illinois
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Justin Jefferson
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Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueB NeedA- TradesF FutureD-
Quarterback settled, Williams in the fold, and a F for the Vikings.

The Vikings did not so much draft Julius Welschof as overpay for him, 99 picks clear of his grade. It sets an uneasy tone for the weekend. About as rough as the board gets, and a F to prove it.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Caleb Williams gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. With running back, wide receiver and other spots unsolved, spending premium capital on DT-EDGE is the choice that costs them.

They will regret leaving running back for another day if the season turns on it. That Smith pick is the receipt they will wave around later. Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

There is no soft landing here: they fought the board and left running back open, and the grade is the bill.

Pick Analysis
Pick2 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In pick 2 they get a passer to set the clock by at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick40 Rnd2 Bralen Trice
No edge and no loss on Bralen Trice in No. 40; it is a wash and a sensible one. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick42 Rnd2 Kamren Kinchens
Good price on Kamren Kinchens in the 42nd overall pick, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick108 Rnd4 Maason Smith
A curious use of slot 108. Running back, wide receiver and other spots needed the pick; a DT-EDGE in Maason Smith did not.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jarrian Jones
Jarrian Jones slipping to Round 4, Pick 30 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick148 Rnd5 Kamal Hadden
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Kamal Hadden in pick No. 148. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick160 Rnd5 Austin Booker
Fair-plus on Austin Booker, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick166 Rnd5 Zion Tupuola-Fetui
They took Zion Tupuola-Fetui at par in the 166th pick, which is nothing to complain about. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick179 Rnd6 Ethan Driskell
By-the-book stuff, Ethan Driskell at the 179th overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick181 Rnd6 Kingsley Eguakun
Kingsley Eguakun in pick 181 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick230 Rnd7 Julius Welschof
Julius Welschof at pick No. 230 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.