The Minnesota Vikings have solely 4 picks heading into the 2025 NFL Draft. The franchise donated oodles of draft capital for the decide that grabbed outdoors linebacker Dallas Turner in final yr’s draft.
Dustin Baker’s Submit-Free Company Vikings Mock Draft
Minnesota addressed most offseason roster wants this week with the acquisitions of Ryan Kelly (C), Will Fries (G), Jonathan Allen (DT), Javon Hargrave (DT), and Isaiah Rodgers (CB) in free company.
So, right here’s the very best stab at a predictive mock draft — the third version — for the 2025 Vikings after free company. Model 2.0 may be learn here.
Commerce!
To kick off the festivities, we predict a Vikings commerce with the Las Vegas Raiders.
Vikings Get:
2nd-Rounder (Decide 37)
Third-Rounder (Decide 68)
Raiders Get:
1st-Rounder (Decide 24)
Fifth-Rounder (Decide 160)
Spherical 2 | Decide 37
Omarion Hampton (RB)
School=North Carolina
This may technically be thought of a “attain” by Minnesota, however who cares when your favourite workforce has addressed all its offseason wants earlier than the draft?
The Vikings haven’t employed a celebrity younger tailback since 2017 in Dalvin Cook dinner, and it’s time to flash again to RB glory.
Ashton Jeanty gained’t be there, however Hampton will, and Minnesota locks him in for 5 years.
Spherical 3 | Decide 68
Tate Ratledge (iOL)
School=Georgia
Ratledge is a guard’s guard who doesn’t supply a lot place flexibility. But when Minnesota needs an eventual doable improve over Blake Brandel, Ratledge may be the man — both beginning in 2025 or watching and studying for a yr.
Conveniently, his inventory on most draftboards is located proper round No. 68, making him a pure match after the Vikings’ theoretical commerce with the Raiders.
Spherical 3 | Decide 97
Andrew Mukuba (S)
School=Texas
The Vikings misplaced Camryn Bynum to free company and can change him with Theo Jackson.
That’s effective, and followers will hope that Jackson is the true deal, however as insurance coverage, the Vikings might make investments a mid- or late-round decide at security.
On this mock draft, Mukuba will get the decision, left on the board in Spherical 3. He’s a lean security however makes up for it with pace and aggression.
Spherical 5 | Decide 138
Tommi Hill (CB)
School=Nebraska
A late-round flyer, common supervisor Kwesi Adofo-Mensah tries Hill out in his secondary after Stephon Gilmore and Shaquill Griffin left this offseason.
He solely performed one season at nook in faculty, however he has roster versatility for use on particular groups — and even offense if the Vikings get actually frisky.
Dustin Baker is a political scientist who graduated from the College of Minnesota in 2007. Subscribe to his every day YouTube Channel, VikesNow. The present options visitors, evaluation, and opinion on all issues associated to the purple workforce, with 4-7 episodes per week. His Vikings obsession dates again to 1996. Listed responsible pleasures: Peanut Butter Ice Cream, ‘The Sopranos,’ Basset Hounds, and The Doorways (the band). He follows the NBA as intently because the NFL.
All statistics supplied by Pro Football Reference / Stathead; all contractual info supplied by OverTheCap.com.
