Minnesota Vikings Sign First-Round Pick

The Minnesota Vikings selected six players in the 2023 NFL Draft. Last week, they signed four of those six picks.

3. Mekhi Blackmon, CB, USC

4. Jay Ward, DB, LSU

5. Jaquelin Roy, DT, LSU

5. Jaren Hall, QB, BYU

The Vikings didn’t have the salary cap space to sign first round pick Jordan Addison with the rest of his class. Late last week, the Vikings gained the necessary salary cap space to sign Addison and do further football business by trading outside linebacker Za’Darius Smith to the Cleveland Browns. The trade was finalized this week and the Vikings cleared roughly $10 million in salary cap space. Addison signed a day later. 

As the 23rd pick in the draft, Addison is now scheduled to make about $13.7 million over his four-year rookie deal. That includes a signing bonus of nearly $7 million. With a rookie minimum salary of $750,000 and a prorated bonus of about $1.75 million, Addison will count just under $2.5 million against the salary cap. 

Now, Jordan Addison can just worry about football. He should pair nicely with Justin Jefferson, K.J. Osborn, T.J. Hockenson, and the rest of the Vikings pass-catchers. 

Seventh-round pick DeWayne McBride is the lone unsigned draft pick.