The Minnesota Vikings are picking at 23rd overall in the first round with that being their first of five picks. If last year’s draft tells us anything, the Vikings won’t be picking at any of those spots.
General manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah made a number of trades and acquired all 10 picks he made on draft day. Even with that, it is worth looking at the history of the Vikings current picks to see what kind of success rate it’s had recently.
Over the last 22 years of the NFL draft, there have been some really successful picks at 23rd overall. Let’s take a look at those picks.
2000: CB Rashard Anderson, Carolina Panters
2001: RB Deuce McAllister, New Orleans Saints
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2002: LB Napoleon Harris, Oakland Raiders
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2003: RB Willis McGhahee, Buffalo Bills
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2004: DT Marcus Tubbs, Seattle Seahawks
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2005: CB Fabian Washington, Oakland Raiders
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2006: G Davin Joseph, Tampa Bay Buccaneers
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2007: WR Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City Chiefs
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2008: RB Rashard Mendenhall, Pittsburgh Steelers
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2009: OT Michael Oher, Baltimore Ravens
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2010: OT Bryan Bulaga, Green Bay Packers
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2011: OG Danny Watkins, Philadelphia Eagles
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2012: LT Riley Reiff, Detroit Lions
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2013: DT Sharrif Floyd, Minnesota Vikings
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2014: DE Dee Ford, Kansas City Chiefs
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2015: DE Shane Ray, Denver Broncos
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2016: WR Laquon Treadwell, Minnesota Vikings
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2017: TE Evan Engram, New York Giants
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2018: OT Isaiah Wynn, New England Patriots
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2019: OT Tytus Howard, Houston Texans
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2020: LB Kenneth Murray, Los Angeles Chargers
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2021: LT Christian Darrisaw, Minnesota Vikings
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2022: CB Kaiir Elam, Buffalo Bills
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