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Draft Selections
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (MIN)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (MIN)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (MIN)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 120 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Connor Colby
OT Iowa
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 162 RND: 5 (MIN)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 163 RND: 5 (MIN)
Tre Harris
WR Mississippi
Braden Fiske Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Braden Fiske
DL Florida State
Sam Hartman Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (MIN)
Sam Hartman
QB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Kalen King Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kalen King
CB Penn State
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 93 RND: 3 (DAL)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Jaden Hicks Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jaden Hicks
S Washington State
Draft Picks Traded
Troy Franklin Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (DAL)
Troy Franklin
WR Oregon
Players Gained
Head Shot
Devante Bond
LB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB+ TradesB+ FutureB-
The Vikings checked most of the boxes and earned a B.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Vikings took Sam Hartman at the Round 7 slot, roughly 19 spots before his name belonged. They moved the roster forward and banked a B for it.

On value alone, King makes the weekend a net positive. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Laiatu Latu
In pick No. 20 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare, and a steal at that. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick62 Rnd2 Kalen King
Value with a capital V on Kalen King in slot 62, a genuine coup. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick93 Rnd3 Zach Frazier
Zach Frazier at the 93rd overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick120 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
A tidy bit of business in the Round 4 slot, where Tommy Eichenberg graded well above the range. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick130 Rnd4 Jaden Hicks
Nothing to complain about; Jaden Hicks went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick157 Rnd5 Connor Colby
Connor Colby in Round 5, Pick 21 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick162 Rnd5 Devin Neal
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Devin Neal at pick 162. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick163 Rnd5 Tre Harris
Tre Harris at slot 163 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It fills a real need, too.
Pick179 Rnd6 Braden Fiske
Braden Fiske at Round 6, Pick 4 is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick241 Rnd7 Sam Hartman
They reached into another round for Sam Hartman, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.