Minnesota Vikings Top-30 Visits

A big part, perhaps the final part, of the long, extensive draft evaluation process is the Top 30 visits. Teams are allowed to bring up to 30 prospects to team facilities. These visits are done in a variety of ways and for a variety of reasons. Some visits are done in groups. Teams often observe how the young men interact with each other. Some visits are done on a more individual basis. Teams do not announce these visits. They are often leaked through the prospects representatives or perhaps the prospects themselves. It can be difficult to put the list of visits together. The website Walter Football has been doing so for years. 

It’s the Minnesota Vikings visits that matter most. Through the efforts of Walter Football, Tyler Forness (now with the Sporting News), and SI’s Will Ragatz, I’ve pieced together a list of 20 prospects that have visited the magnificent TCO Performance Center and met with Vikings coaches and personnel people. 

Minnesota Vikings Top-30 Visits

Erick All, TE, Iowa

Javon Baker, WR, Central Florida

Khristian Boyd, DT, Northern Iowa

Millard Bradford, S, TCU

McCallan Castles, TE, Tennessee

Joshua Cephus, WR, Texas-San Antonio

Michael Hall Jr., DT, Ohio State

Donovan Jennings, OT, South Florida

Dillon Johnson, RB, Washington

Marshawn Kneeland, Edge, Western Michigan

Laiatu Latu, Edge, UCLA

Quinyon Mitchell, CB, Toledo

Byron Murphy II, DT, Texas

Gabriel Murphy, Edge, UCLA

Spencer Rolland, OL, North Carolina

Maason Smith, DT, LSU

Taki Taimani, DT, Oregon

Charles Turner III, Center, LSU

Dallas Turner, Edge, Alabama

Blake Watson, RB, Memphis

The Quarterbacks

Then there’s the quarterbacks. This Vikings offseason is one of change at the all-important quarterback position. For that reason, it’s probably the team’s most important offseason in years, even decades. The Vikings haven’t brought in any of the quarterbacks. Instead, it’s the Vikings that have been doing the visiting. They have visited, or will visit, all of the top quarterbacks other than Caleb Williams. The Chicago Bears might as well Williams now as the top pick in the 2024 NFL Draft. As for the remaining consensus top quarterbacks, the Vikings have sent, or will send, a party of people to visit with them and put them through class work and drills. 

Jayden Daniels

Drake Maye

J.J. McCarthy

Michael Penix Jr.

Bo Nix

I’ve wondered if the Vikings will send the party to visit with Spencer Rattler but so far it’s only the above five quarterbacks.