A Couple More Minnesota Vikings Mock Drafts

Here are a couple more stabs at a Minnesota Vikings mock draft. One includes a first-round trade back. There other doesn’t.

With a first-round trade:

I traded the Vikings #23 pick for the Cardinals #34, #66, #168.

Round 2 (#34)

Adetomiwa Adebawore, DL, Northwestern

Round 3 (#66)

Hendon Hooker, QB, Tennessee

Round 3 (#87)

Garrett Williams, CB, Syracuse

Round 4 (#119)

Jalen Moreno-Cropper, WR, Fresno State

Round 5 (#158)

Aubrey Miller Jr., LB, Jackson State

Round 5 (#168)

Chandler Zavala, OG, North Carolina State

Round 6 (#211)

Starling Thomas V, CB, Alabama-Birmingham

Without a first-round trade:

Round 1 (#23)

Bryan Bresee, DT, Clemson

Round 3 (#87)

Jonathan Mingo, WR, Mississippi 

Round 4 (#119)

Kyu Blu Kelly, CB, Stanford

Round 5 (#158)

Jake Haener, QB, Fresno State

Round 6 (#211)

Aubrey Miller Jr., Jackson State, LB

With more players and a quarterback with a higher ceiling, it’s easy to favor the draft with the trade. Adetomiwa Adebawore may even have a higher ceiling than Bryan Bresee. I do like the NFL potential of Jonathan Mingo and Kyu Blu Kelly. Jake Haener would be an interesting mid-round quarterback if the Vikings don’t make a bold attempt to secure a quarterback in the early rounds. 

I’m also starting to fall for Aubrey Miller Jr as a later round pick. He’s been a part of most of my recent attempts at a mock draft.