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  • jack czech DRAFTING FOR THE
    Vikings
Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (MIN)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Patrick Paul Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
Patrick Paul
OT Houston
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (MIN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
Nelson Ceaser Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Nelson Ceaser
DL-EDGE Houston
Edefuan Ulofoshio Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Edefuan Ulofoshio
LB Washington
Cedric Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Cedric Johnson
DE-EDGE Mississippi
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (MIN)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Jaylen Harrell Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jaylen Harrell
DE-EDGE Michigan
David Ugwoegbu Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
David Ugwoegbu
OLB-EDGE Houston
Draft Picks Received
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (NYG)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Jordan Travis Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DEN)
Jordan Travis
QB Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (DEN)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (DAL)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Michael Penix Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NYG)
Michael Penix Jr.
QB Washington
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (DAL)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Jourdan Lewis
CB
Head Shot
Courtland Sutton
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Hakeem Adeniji
OT
Head Shot
Jordan Addison
WR
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall F
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesF FutureD+
The Vikings went off-script early, and it cost them a F.

The war room fell hard for Jordan Travis, and it showed at slot 76: 60 picks ahead of a board that had other ideas.

The trades bled value they could not afford to lose. They punted on safety, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. They are betting the present roster is worth a lighter draft next spring.

In the end, a class that has to defy its grades just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In pick 6 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick42 Rnd2 Patrick Paul
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Patrick Paul. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jordan Travis
Jordan Travis in No. 76 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick108 Rnd4 Nelson Ceaser
Nelson Ceaser at pick No. 108 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick148 Rnd5 Edefuan Ulofoshio
They paid up for Edefuan Ulofoshio at Round 5, Pick 12 when waiting would have done the job. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick160 Rnd5 Cedric Johnson
Cedric Johnson in the 160th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick168 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
By-the-book stuff, Roger Rosengarten at Round 5, Pick 32 squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jaylen Harrell
They reached into another round for Jaylen Harrell, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick230 Rnd7 David Ugwoegbu
No drama and no debate, David Ugwoegbu went about where he belonged in the Round 7 slot. Hard to map this one onto the depth chart at all.