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The Minnesota Vikings are scheduled to have a league-low four picks in this week's NFL Draft. One was acquired via the compensatory pick formula. Two others were acquired via trade.
Minnesota is slated to have the 24th overall pick because it had the best record among all six Wild Card losers in this year's playoffs. But because the Vikings are only scheduled to have four picks, don't be surprised to see them move down to accumulate more picks when they're on the clock Thursday. That trade could push them out of the first round altogether.
This was the highest available compensatory pick awarded, as Kirk Cousins's lucrative four-year, $180 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons outweighed the money the Vikings gave to their own free agents.
The 139th overall pick was one of two fifth-round picks the Browns sent to the Vikings to acquire Za'Darius Smith during the 2023 offseason.
The Vikings received the 187th pick as part of the trade for running back Jordan Mason. In exchange, they sent the 160th overall pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick to the 49ers to get Mason.
This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: A look at all the Vikings picks in the 2025 NFL Draft
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Round 1: 24th Overall
Minnesota is slated to have the 24th overall pick because it had the best record among all six Wild Card losers in this year's playoffs. But because the Vikings are only scheduled to have four picks, don't be surprised to see them move down to accumulate more picks when they're on the clock Thursday. That trade could push them out of the first round altogether.
Round 3: 97th Overall (Compensatory Pick)
This was the highest available compensatory pick awarded, as Kirk Cousins's lucrative four-year, $180 million deal with the Atlanta Falcons outweighed the money the Vikings gave to their own free agents.
Round 5: 139th Overall (From Cleveland)
The 139th overall pick was one of two fifth-round picks the Browns sent to the Vikings to acquire Za'Darius Smith during the 2023 offseason.
Round 6: 187th Overall (From San Francisco)
The Vikings received the 187th pick as part of the trade for running back Jordan Mason. In exchange, they sent the 160th overall pick and a 2026 sixth-round pick to the 49ers to get Mason.
This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: A look at all the Vikings picks in the 2025 NFL Draft
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