I've published a final big board, which can either be organized by position or looked at wholly by itself. The guiding principle of the board is simply whether or not I feel the Vikings should pick a particular player over another. That is, if these players fell to the Vikings and all players above them were off the board, who would I prefer they pick?
That means this board has been modified to account for need and overall talent. At the top of the board are Chance Warmack and Star Lotulelei. That means, if the Vikings were given a choice between one of those two at Pick 23 and a whole host of other players, I'd rather they pick one of those two than anyone else. The only exception are kickers, who I rank regardless of need.
The top 50 are below. Check out all 350 (I will add more as the day progresses) at this link.
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Vikings Big Board |
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Overall Rank |
Name |
Position |
Position Rank |
School |
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1 |
Star Lotulelei |
DT |
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Utah |
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2 |
Chance Warmack |
OG |
1 |
Alabama |
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3 |
Dee Milliner |
CB |
1 |
Alabama |
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4 |
Sharrif Floyd |
DT |
2 |
Florida |
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5 |
Dion Jordan |
DE |
1 |
Oregon |
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6 |
Jonathan Cooper |
OG |
2 |
North Carolina |
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7 |
Sheldon Richardson |
DT |
3 |
Missouri |
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8 |
Eric Fisher |
OT |
1 |
Central Michigan |
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9 |
Luke Joeckel |
OT |
2 |
Texas A&M |
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10 |
Bjoern Werner |
DE |
2 |
Florida State |
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11 |
Jarvis Jones |
OLB |
1 |
Georgia |
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12 |
Kenny Vaccaro |
S |
1 |
Texas |
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13 |
Desmond Trufant |
CB |
2 |
Washington |
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14 |
Alec Ogletree |
ILB |
1 |
Georgia |
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15 |
DeAndre Hopkins |
WR |
1 |
Clemson |
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16 |
Johnathan Hankins |
DT |
4 |
Ohio State |
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17 |
Keenan Allen |
WR |
2 |
California |
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18 |
Johnathan Jenkins |
DT |
5 |
Georgia |
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19 |
Johnthan Banks |
CB |
3 |
Mississippi State |
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20 |
Ezekiel Ansah |
DE |
3 |
BYU |
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21 |
Cornelius "Tank" Carradine |
DE |
4 |
Florida State |
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22 |
Xavier Rhodes |
CB |
4 |
Florida State |
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23 |
Robert Woods |
WR |
3 |
USC |
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24 |
Arthur Brown |
ILB |
2 |
Kansas State |
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25 |
Da'Rick Rogers |
WR |
4 |
Tennnessee Tech |
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26 |
Jesse Williams |
DT |
6 |
Alabama |
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27 |
Manti Te'o |
ILB |
3 |
Notre Dame |
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28 |
Datone Jones |
DE |
5 |
UCLA |
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29 |
Jordan Poyer |
CB |
5 |
Oregon State |
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30 |
Khaseem Greene |
OLB |
2 |
Rutgers |
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31 |
Markus Wheaton |
WR |
5 |
Oregon State |
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32 |
Kawann Short |
DT |
7 |
Purdue |
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33 |
Damontre Moore |
DE |
6 |
Texas A&M |
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34 |
Tyler Eifert |
TE |
1 |
Notre Dame |
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35 |
Jamar Taylor |
CB |
6 |
Boise State |
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36 |
Aaron Dobson |
WR |
6 |
Marshall |
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37 |
Alex Okafor |
DE |
7 |
Texas |
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38 |
Jon Bostic |
ILB |
4 |
Florida |
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39 |
Larry Warford |
OG |
3 |
Kentucky |
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40 |
Cordarrelle Patterson |
WR |
7 |
Tennessee |
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41 |
D.J. Hayden |
CB |
7 |
Houston |
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42 |
Tyler Wilson |
QB |
1 |
Arkansas |
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43 |
AJ Klein |
ILB |
5 |
Iowa State |
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44 |
Leon McFadden |
CB |
8 |
San Diego State |
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45 |
Tavon Austin |
WR |
8 |
West Virginia |
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46 |
Sylvester Williams |
DT |
8 |
North Carolina |
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47 |
Terrance Williams |
WR |
9 |
Baylor |
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48 |
Quinton Patton |
WR |
10 |
Louisiana Tech |
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49 |
Zach Ertz |
TE |
2 |
Stanford |
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50 |
Jonathan Cyprien |
S |
2 |
Florida International |
What do you think?
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