18'S MOCK DRAFT
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Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (MIN)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (MIN)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Elijah Jones Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (MIN)
Elijah Jones
CB Boston College
Jacob Cowing Head Shot
PICK: 157 RND: 5 (MIN)
Jacob Cowing
WR Arizona
Layden Robinson Head Shot
PICK: 167 RND: 5 (MIN)
Layden Robinson
OG Texas A&M
Kendall Milton Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (MIN)
Kendall Milton
RB Georgia
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (MIN)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Tylan Grable Head Shot
PICK: 230 RND: 7 (MIN)
Tylan Grable
OT UCF
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (MIN)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Received
Drake Maye Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Drake Maye
QB North Carolina
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 52 RND: 2 (LAR)
T'Vondre Sweat
DT Texas
Keith Randolph Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Keith Randolph Jr.
DL-EDGE Illinois
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (HOU)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Draft Picks Traded
Laiatu Latu Head Shot
PICK: 11 RND: 1 (NE)
Laiatu Latu
DL-EDGE UCLA
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 42 RND: 2 (HOU)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 108 RND: 4 (LAR)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Jase McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (HOU)
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players traded away
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Alexander Mattison
RB
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Ezra Cleveland
OG
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K.J. Osborn
WR
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Marcus Davenport
LB
Draft Grade — Vikings
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesF FutureD-
A franchise passer in Maye headlines a D- weekend for the Vikings.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Keith Randolph Jr. at the 180th overall pick is 38 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. It grades a D-, and the process earned it.

Drake Maye is the bet, and the class will be judged on how it pays off. Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. For all the activity, safety went untouched, which is hard to explain.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not. However the rest shakes out, Wallace at that price is a win they earned.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Drake Maye
In the Round 1 slot they get the arm they will build around. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick52 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing T'Vondre Sweat in slot 52. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick129 Rnd4 Elijah Jones
They read the board right and Elijah Jones was the payoff at pick 129. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick157 Rnd5 Jacob Cowing
A slide stopped in pick No. 157, with Jacob Cowing worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick167 Rnd5 Layden Robinson
They went early on Layden Robinson in Round 5, Pick 31, and the value did not follow. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick177 Rnd6 Kendall Milton
Value said wait; Kendall Milton in No. 177 says they were not listening. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick180 Rnd6 Keith Randolph Jr.
They reached into another round for Keith Randolph Jr., and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick230 Rnd7 Tylan Grable
No edge and no loss on Tylan Grable in the Round 7 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick247 Rnd7 Trevin Wallace
The board had Trevin Wallace higher than the 247th overall pick, and the linebacker fell to them anyway. A minor need, but a need all the same.