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Draft Selections
Cooper DeJean Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (MIN)
Cooper DeJean
CB Iowa
J.J. McCarthy Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (MIN)
J.J. McCarthy
QB Michigan
Johnny Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (MIN)
Johnny Wilson
WR Florida State
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 130 RND: 4 (MIN)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (MIN)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (MIN)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (MIN)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (MIN)
Jahdae Barron
S Texas
Kimani Vidal Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Kimani Vidal
RB Troy
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Vikings won the night they stopped Wilson from sliding. Grade: B-.

The Vikings spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Johnny Wilson, the No. 79 name on the board, in the Round 4 slot. A dependable weekend that grades out a B-.

The offensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. They left with quarterback solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. They reloaded the coverage unit in bulk.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but offensive lineman.

Pick Analysis
Pick11 Rnd1 Cooper DeJean
In pick No. 11 they get a lockdown presence outside. Need was not the driver here.
Pick42 Rnd2 J.J. McCarthy
No drama and no debate, J.J. McCarthy went about where he belonged in the 42nd pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick108 Rnd4 Johnny Wilson
They robbed the room for Johnny Wilson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick130 Rnd4 Tommy Eichenberg
Tommy Eichenberg at pick 130 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick148 Rnd5 Johnny Dixon
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Johnny Dixon at Round 5, Pick 12. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick160 Rnd5 Keith Randolph Jr.
A market-rate edge rusher, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Keith Randolph Jr.. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick165 Rnd5 Austin Booker
Austin Booker in the 165th overall pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jahdae Barron
Value with a capital V on Jahdae Barron in No. 179, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick230 Rnd7 Kimani Vidal
Kimani Vidal in pick No. 230 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.