Not many teams have fewer draft picks than the Minnesota Vikings in 2023. If this last season showed the league anything, the Vikings have a team capable of competing in the playoffs. How they handle their short supply of draft picks in the 2023 NFL Draft may determine whether they’re a Super Bowl-caliber team next year.
Minnesota Vikings Draft Picks by Round in 2023
Below is an updated list of all the Vikings’ draft picks in 2023:
- Round 1, Pick 23
- Round 3, Pick 87
- Round 4, Pick 119 (from DET)
- Round 5, Pick 160
- Round 6, Pick 211 overall
How Many Draft Picks Do the Vikings Have in 2023?
The Vikings currently have four total picks in the 2023 NFL Draft. This is before compensatory picks are officially awarded. In total, the Vikings have one pick on day one, one pick on day two, and two picks on day three.
Two of Minnesota’s picks this year were traded away this year right before the deadline to the Detroit Lions for the rights to T.J. Hockenson. Those picks equated to second-round and fourth-round picks in this year’s draft.
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Their lone other day-two pick was traded in this past year’s NFL Draft when the Vikings traded up with the Cleveland Browns for Akayleb Evans.
On day three, Minnesota traded their original sixth-round pick to the Houston Texans for a seventh-round pick and Ross Blacklock. The Vikings then took that seventh-round pick and sent it to the Philadelphia Eagles for Jalen Reagor. Meanwhile, their original seventh-round pick was sent to the Denver Broncos in a trade for Stephen Weatherly.