:format(webp)/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_image/image/67751277/1229144774.0.jpg)
Week 10 of the college football season finally brings the PAC12 into the mix. This will give us some more games to watch. Here are some of the games this week that may have future Vikings ...
Friday, Nov. 6
No. 11 Miami at NC State | 7:30 p.m.
Gregory Rousseau Miami (FL) EDGE 6’5” 260 RSO
Quincy Roche Miami (FL) EDGE 6’4” 235 RSR
Cam’ron Harris Miami (FL) RB 5’10” 210 JR
Al Blades Jr. Miami (FL) CB 6’1” 185 SR
D’Eriq King Miami (FL) QB 5’11” 195 RSR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Alim McNeill North Carolina State DL3T 6’2” 315 JR
Cary Angeline North Carolina State TE 6’7” 250 SR
No. 9 BYU at No. 21 Boise State | 9:45 p.m.
James Empey BYU OC 6’4” 300 JR
Zach Wilson BYU QB 6’3” 210 JR
Matt Bushman BYU TE 6’5” 245 SR
Brady Christensen BYU OT 6’6” 295 RJR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Saturday, Nov. 7
No. 23 Michigan at No. 13 Indiana | 12 p.m.
Jalen Mayfield Michigan OT 6’5” 319 RSO
Cameron McGrone Michigan OLB 6’1” 232 JR
Kwity Paye Michigan EDGE 6’4” 277 SR
Nico Collins Michigan WR 6’4” 222 SR
Ambry Thomas Michigan CB 5’11” 174 SR
Nick Eubanks Michigan TE 6’5” 236 RSR
Ronnie Bell Michigan WR 6’0” 185 JR
Aidan Hutchinson Michigan DL5T 6’6” 278 JR
Carlo Kemp Michigan DL3T 6’3” 280 SR
Ben Mason Michigan FB 6’3” 254 SR
Joshua Ross Michigan OLB 6’2” 225 JR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Stevie Scott Indiana RB 6’2” 231 JR
West Virginia at No. 22 Texas | 12 p.m.
Dante Stills West Virginia DL5T 6’4” 278 SR
Darius Stills West Virginia DL3T 6’1” 292 JR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Samuel Cosmi Texas OT 6’7” 300 RJR
Caden Sterns Texas S 6’0” 210 JR
Joseph Ossai Texas OLB 6’4” 253 JR
Sam Ehlinger Texas QB 6’3” 230 SR
Keaontay Ingram Texas RB 6’0” 220 JR
Brennan Eagles Texas WR 6’2” 225 JR
B.J. Foster Texas S 6’1” 210 JR
Ayodele Adeoye Texas ILB 6’1” 250 RSO
Cade Brewer Texas TE 6’4” 250 SR
Keondre Coburn Texas DL1T 6’2” 350 JR
Arizona State at No. 20 USC | 12 p.m.
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Marlon Tuipulotu USC DL3T 6’3” 305 JR
Amon-Ra St. Brown USC WR 6’1” 195 JR
Jay Tufele USC DL3T 6’3” 305 RJR
Alijah Vera-Tucker USC OG 6’4” 300 RJR
Tyler Vaughns USC WR 6’2” 190 RSR
Isaac Taylor-Stuart USC CB 6’2” 205 SR
Palaie Gaoteote IV USC OLB 6’2” 235 JR
Olaijah Griffin USC CB 6’0” 170 JR
Talanoa Hufanga USC S 6’1” 215 JR
Stephen Carr USC RB 6’0” 210 SR
Michigan State at Iowa | 12 p.m.
Xavier Henderson Michigan State S 6’0” 210 JR
Kevin Jarvis Michigan State OG 6’5” 312 SR
Naquan Jones Michigan State DL1T 6’4” 338 RSR
Matt Allen Michigan State OC 6’3” 303 RSR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaric Jackson Iowa OT 6’6” 320 RSR
Ihmir Smith-Marsette Iowa WR 6’2” 175 SR
Tyler Linderbaum Iowa OC 6’3” 286 RSO
Shaun Beyer Iowa TE 6’5” 222 RSR
Keith Duncan Iowa PK 5’10” 180 SR
Mekhi Sargent Iowa RB 5’9” 212 SR
Chauncey Golston Iowa EDGE 6’5” 270 RSR
Boston College at Syracuse | 2 p.m.
Zion Johnson Boston College OG 6’3” 310 SR
Hunter Long Boston College TE 6’5” 253 JR
Alec Lindstrom Boston College OC 6’4” 275 RJR
Tyler Vrabel Boston College OT 6’5” 310 RSO
Ben Petrula Boston College OT 6’5” 325 SR
Isaiah McDuffie Boston College OLB 6’1” 224 RJR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Andre Cisco Syracuse S 6’0” 203 JR
Ifeatu Melifonwu Syracuse S 6’3” 198 RJR
No. 8 Florida vs. No. 5 Georgia | 3:30 p.m.
Kyle Pitts Florida TE 6’5” 239 JR
Kyle Trask Florida QB 6’4” 234 RSR
Tedarrell Slaton Florida DL1T 6’5” 358 JR
Marco Wilson Florida CB 6’0” 190 RJR
Kadarius Toney Florida WR 5’11” 190 SR
Donovan Stiner Florida S 6’1” 203 JR
Trey Dean III Florida CB 6’2” 194 JR
Jean Delance Florida OG 6’4” 314 RJR
Stone Forsythe Florida OT 6’7” 329 RSR
Zachary Carter Florida EDGE 6’3” 263 RJR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Tyson Campbell Georgia CB 6’2” 180 JR
Jordan Davis Georgia DL1T 6’6” 330 JR
Richard LeCounte III Georgia S 5’11” 190 SR
Eric Stokes Georgia CB 6’1” 185 RJR
Trey Hill Georgia OC 6’4” 330 JR
Jamie Newman Georgia QB 6’4” 230 RSR
Zamir White Georgia RB 5’11” 215 SO
Malik Herring Georgia DL5T 6’3” 280 JR
Monty Rice Georgia OLB 6’1” 235 SR
Demetris Robertson Georgia WR 6’0” 190 SR
Azeez Ojulari Georgia EDGE 6’3” 240 RSO
Ben Cleveland Georgia OG 6’6” 341 RSR
D.J. Daniel Georgia CB 6’1” 185 SR
James Cook Georgia RBC 5’11” 190 JR
Julian Rochester Georgia DL3T 6’5” 300 SR
Adam Anderson Georgia EDGE 6’5” 225 JR
Houston at No. 6 Cincinnati | 3:30 p.m.
Marquez Stevenson Houston WR 6’0” 190 RSR
David Anenih Houston EDGE 6’3” 237 SR
Isaiah Chambers Houston EDGE 6’5” 265 RJR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Desmond Ridder Cincinnati QB 6’4” 215 RJR
James Wiggins Cincinnati S 6’0” 202 RSR
Michael Pitts Cincinnati EDGE 6’4” 248 SR
Texas Tech at TCU | 3:30 p.m.
Jack Anderson Texas Tech OG 6’5” 315 SR
T.J. Vasher Texas Tech WR 6’6” 210 RSR
Eli Howard Texas Tech DL5T 6’4” 275 SR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ar’Darius Washington TCU S 5’8” 175 RSO
Trevon Moehrig TCU S 6’2” 202 JR
Corey Bethley TCU DL3T 6’2” 290 JR
Garret Wallow TCU OLB 6’2” 215 SR
Minnesota at Illinois | 3:30 p.m.
Rashod Bateman Minnesota WR 6’1” 210 JR
Daniel Faalele Minnesota OT 6’8” 400 JR
Tanner Morgan Minnesota QB 6’2” 215 RJR
Brevyn Spann-Ford Minnesota TE 6’7” 270 RSO
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Blake Hayes Illinois P 6’6” 230 SR
Josh Imatorbhebhe Illinois WR 6’2” 215 RSR
Alex Palczewski Illinois OT 6’6” 300 SR
Drew Himmelman Illinois State OT 6’10” 315 RSR
Pitt at Florida State | 4 p.m.
Marvin Wilson Florida State DL3T 6’5” 311 SR
Hamsah Nasirildeen Florida State S 6’4” 215 SR
Asante Samuel Jr. Florida State CB 5’10” 180 JR
Cory Durden Florida State DL3T 6’5” 312 RJR
Tamorrion Terry Florida State WR 6’4” 203 RJR
Janarius Robinson Florida State EDGE 6’5” 261 RJR
Leonard Warner III Florida State ILB 6’4” 234 SR
Tre’ McKitty Florida State TE 6’5” 241 SR
Baveon Johnson Florida State OC 6’3” 310 RSR
Robert Cooper Florida State DL1T 6’2” 332 JR
Ronnie Rivers Fresno State RBC 5’8” 183 SR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Jaylen Twyman Pitt DL3T 6’2” 290 RJR
Patrick Jones II Pitt EDGE 6’5” 260 RSR
Jimmy Morrissey Pitt OC 6’3” 300 RSR
Deslin Alexandre Pitt DL5T 6’4” 265 RSO
Rashad Weaver Pitt EDGE 6’5” 270 RSR
Damar Hamlin Pitt S 6’1” 195 RSR
Kenny Pickett Pitt QB 6’2” 225 SR
Lucas Krull Pitt TE 6’6” 257 SR
Paris Ford Pitt S 6’0” 190 RJR
Baylor at No. 17 Iowa State | 7 p.m.
Terrel Bernard Baylor OLB 6’1” 222 RJR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Greg Eisworth Iowa State S 6’0” 205 RSR
Charlie Kolar Iowa State TE 6’6” 245 RJR
Brock Purdy Iowa State QB 6’0” 202 JR
O’Rien Vance Iowa State OLB 6’1” 231 RJR
No. 7 Texas A&M at South Carolina | 7 p.m.
Anthony Hines Texas A&M OLB 6’3” 226 JR
Kellen Mond Texas A&M QB 6’3” 217 SR
Leon O’Neal Jr. Texas A&M S 6’0” 210 JR
Ryan McCollum Texas A&M OG 6’5” 305 RSR
Dan Moore Jr. Texas A&M OT 6’5” 325 SR
Bobby Brown Texas A&M DL3T 6’4” 315 JR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Israel Mukuamu South Carolina CB 6’3” 205 JR
Jaycee Horn South Carolina CB 6’0” 200 JR
Sadarius Hutcherson South Carolina OG 6’4” 320 RSR
Dylan Wonnum South Carolina OT 6’5” 310 JR
UCLA at Colorado | 7 p.m.
Demetric Felton UCLA RBC 5’9” 189 JR
Quentin Lake UCLA S 6’1” 193 RJR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Nate Landman Colorado OLB 6’3” 230 SR
Mustafa Johnson Colorado DL3T 6’2” 290 SR
No. 1 Clemson at No. 4 Notre Dame | 7:30 p.m.
Trevor Lawrence Clemson QB 6’6” 220 JR
Travis Etienne Clemson RB 5’10” 210 SR
Jackson Carman Clemson OT 6’5” 345 JR
Xavier Thomas Clemson DL5T 6’2” 265 JR
Derion Kendrick Clemson CB 6’0” 190 JR
Braden Galloway Clemson TE 6’4” 240 JR
James Skalski Clemson ILB 6’0” 235 SR
Amari Rodgers Clemson WR 5’9” 210 SR
Nyles Pinckney Clemson DL3T 6’1” 295 RSR
K.J. Henry Clemson EDGE 6’4” 250 RSO
Jordan Williams Clemson DL3T 6’4” 310 RJR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Liam Eichenberg Notre Dame OT 6’6” 294 RSR
Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah Notre Dame OLB 6’1” 216 JR
Tommy Kraemer Notre Dame OG 6’6” 319 RSR
Jarrett Patterson Notre Dame OC 6’5” 300 JR
Aaron Banks Notre Dame OG 6’5” 325 SR
TaRiq Bracy Notre Dame S 5’10” 170 JR
Robert Hainsey Notre Dame OT 6’5” 295 SR
Jonathan Doerer Notre Dame PK 6’3” 203 SR
Daelin Hayes Notre Dame DL5T 6’4” 268 RSR
Myron Tagovailoa-Amosa Notre Dame DL5T 6’3” 285 SR
Stanford at No. 12 Oregon | 7:30 p.m.
Walker Little Stanford OT 6’7” 309 SR
Paulson Adebo Stanford CB 6’1” 190 SR
Thomas Booker Stanford DL5T 6’4” 284 JR
Drew Dalman Stanford OC 6’3” 286 SR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Penei Sewell Oregon OT 6’5” 325 JR
Jevon Holland Oregon S 6’1” 196 JR
C.J. Verdell Oregon RB 5’9” 210 JR
Deommodore Lenoir Oregon CB 5’11” 202 SR
Jordon Scott Oregon DL1T 6’1” 322 SR
Thomas Graham Jr. Oregon CB 5’11” 197 SR
Tennessee at Arkansas | 7:30 p.m.
Trey Smith Tennessee OG 6’6” 325 SR
Cade Mays Tennessee OG 6’5” 318 JR
Brent Cimaglia Tennessee PK 6’0” 210 SR
Aubrey Solomon Tennessee DL3T 6’5” 315 SR
Greg Emerson Tennessee DL3T 6’3” 300 JR
Feleipe Franks Tennessee RBC 5’11” 201 SR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Bumper Pool Arkansas OLB 6’2” 229 JR
Myron Cunningham Arkansas OG 6’7” 325 RSR
Rakeem Boyd Arkansas RB 6’0” 213 SR
Feleipe Franks Arkansas QB 6’6” 219 RSR
Xavier Kelly Arkansas DL3T 6’4” 305 RSR
Washington State at Oregon State | 10:30 p.m.
Abraham Lucas Washington State OT 6’7” 281 RJR
Max Borghi Washington State RBC 5’9” 195 JR
Jahad Woods Washington State OLB 6’0” 225 RSR
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Hamilcar Rashed Oregon State EDGE 6’4” 233 RSR
Jermar Jefferson Oregon State RBC 5’9” 215 JR
In preparation for the mock, I have to look at the moves made (or not) by the team and the recent excellent performance against the hated Packers. Ezra Cleveland played excellent and received a 81.1 grade from PFF. If he continues this level of play, and why wouldn’t they keep him at guard, then the right guard spot could be settled.
Riley Reiff graded out at 82.9 vs the Packers which was higher than Cleveland. Reiff is grading out at #38 amongst all tackles (right and left) and is rated 25th as a pass blocker and 59th as a run blocker. The Vikings could feel his level of play is sufficient though. The conundrum is his 13.95 mil cap hit next year. It is hard to see them leaving that as is. I expect them to ask him to take another cut which he may not be willing to accept if he continues his solid play. They may decide to extend him a couple of years. It’s a tough call especially if they believe Udoh will be ready. Maybe in that case they move O’Neill over to the left side (I wouldn’t)?
I could see the Vikings drafting a tackle early if they are moving on from Reiff and keeping Cleveland and right guard. That would push any guard drafted to the mid to late rounds. I hope they find a decent free agent but realize they could decide to stick with Dozier who will be a free agent and surely will want more than the $840,000 he is receiving this year.
You have to look at the safety position and come to the realization that either Harris or Smith will be gone next year. I expect the team to extend Smith a couple of years. Smith has a 73.3 grade from PFF which is 23rd. Harris has a 64.6 grade from PFF which is 34th which is going to hurt him some in contract negotiations. The Vikings do not have much depth behind them either. They currently have Josh Metellus and Curtis Riley on the active roster. They have Miles Dorn and Luther Kirk on the practice squad. They have George Iloka on IR too. Safety could be a position of moderate need in next year’s draft or in free agency.
I think the defensive tackle position will be in need of an addition or two. Shamar Stephen could be a cap casualty next year. He is playing better than Armon Watts & Jaleel JOhnson according to PFF. Johnson is a free agent as well. James Lynch has only played 32 snaps thus far but he very promising.
At defensive end, Hunter should return and Odenigbo will be a free agent. Jalyn Holmes has been playing at defensive end this year and it just doing OK. He could be a cap casualty next year but there would be very little cap savings due to the contract that the player replacing him will receive. DJ Wonnum is starting to play more snaps and maybe he will show that he is worthy of a starting spot. Also, they have Kenny Willekes on IR and Eddie Yarbrough on the practice squad.
At linebacker, they probably should draft one or two because Eric Wilson & Ben Gedeon will be free agents and Cameron Smith is on IR. They could look to trade Barr in order to save cap space and then use some of that to extend Wilson.
Sadly, the Vikings could be looking for another cornerback in this next draft too. Mike Hughes is having a very hard time staying healthy. He will be entering the 4th year of his contract and it is highly unlikely the team picks up his 5th year option. He could be a cap casualty. Holton Hill will be a free agent as well.
I think they could draft a tight end because Rudoph’s contract is another one to consider for adjustment or termination. If not in 2021 then definitely by 2022.
They need to draft a wide receiver as well because Thielen will be 31 next August. They need a 3rd receiver that is truly talented.
Lastly, and the biggest question of all is what will they do at QB. I am not convinced that they will draft a QB early and that they will do what they have to do to absorb that 45 mil cap hit in 2022. It is hard to see him accepting an extension beyond 2022 that does not have adequate compensation and includes voidable years. Maybe he will do it but should the Vikings want to do that? Ugh.
The draft could go many ways.
Here is a mock from fanspeak.
Trades
Jaguars receive 1.10 & 4.24
Vikings receive 1.20 & 2.10
Titans receive 1.20
Vikings receive 1.24 & 4.24
Rams receive 3.26 & 5.27
Vikings receive 3.19
Jets receive 4.24
Vikings receive 5.1 & 6.1
Bengals receive 5.1
Vikings receive 5.11 & 7.11
24: R1 P24 WR Jaylen Waddle - Alabama 5’10” 182 JR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019771/usa_today_13732641.jpg)
42: R2 P10 EDGE Kwity Paye - Michigan 6’4” 277 SR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019774/usa_today_11530377.jpg)
73: R3 P9 TE Pat Freiermuth - Penn State 6’5” 250 JR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019776/usa_today_15139641.jpg)
83: R3 P19 DL Jay Tufele - USC 6’3” 305 RJR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019778/1054444754.jpg)
102: R3 P38 G Alijah Vera-Tucker - USC 6’4” 315 RJR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/21985510/1180483874.jpg.jpg)
112: R4 P10 LB Joseph Ossai - Texas 6’4” 253 JR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019790/1228915390.jpg)
121: R4 P19 WR Tamorrion Terry - Florida State 6’4” 203 RJR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019792/1171215602.jpg)
124: R4 P22 S Trevon Moehrig - TCU 6’2” 202 JR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019796/1187536031.jpg)
152: R5 P11 CB Elijah Molden - Washington 5’10” 186 SR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019800/1208477767.jpg)
180: R6 P1 QB Kellen Mond - Texas A&M 6’3” 217 SR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019807/1191146764.jpg)
189: R6 P10 OT Christian Darrisaw - Virginia Tech 6’5” 314 JR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019809/1167177253.jpg)
222: R6 P43 RB Michael Carter - North Carolina 5’9” 195 SR
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019810/1279867884.jpg)
234: R7 P11 OT Rasheed Walker - Penn State 6’5” 320 RSO
:format(webp):no_upscale()/cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/22019811/1175269323.jpg)
I will be the first to say that most of these players will probably go earlier. A lot earlier. I also am aware of the desire of many to see the team draft a QB in round 1. I like to mix it up though.
I am not sure of the tackles will stay at tackle or move to guard. You never know now.
An alternate mock using profootball network mock draft
Dolphins receive Pick 10
Vikings receive Pick 16, Pick 79
16. Jaylen Waddle WR Alabama
73. Joseph Ossai LB Texas
79. Josh Myers OC Ohio State
87. Jabril Cox LB LSU
105. Walker Little OT Stanford
113. Kyle Trask QB Florida
123. JaCoby Stevens S LSU
137. Jordan Davis DT Georgia
151. Kyler Gordon CB Washington
169. Spencer Brown OT Northern Iowa
Well enjoy the games!