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This page is a list of the Minnesota Vikings NFL draft selections. The first draft the Vikings participated in was the 1961 NFL draft , in which they made Tommy Mason of Tulane their first ever selection.
Adrian Peterson, selected by the Vikings with the seventh overall pick in the first round of the 2007 NFL draft. The Minnesota Vikings joined the National Football League (NFL) in the 1961 season. The Vikings first draft selection as an NFL team was Tommy Mason, a running back from the Tulane Green Wave.
The Minnesota Vikings are an American football team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.After initially committing to become one of the founding members of the American Football League (AFL) in 1959, the team joined the National Football League (NFL) as an expansion franchise and played their first game in 1961, as part of the Western Conference.
Harrison Smith (born February 2, 1989) is an American professional football safety for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and was selected by the Vikings in the first round of the 2012 NFL draft with the 29th overall pick.
Robert Scott Smith (born March 4, 1972) is an American college football analyst for Fox Sports and the Big Ten Network.He played professionally as a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for eight seasons with the Minnesota Vikings, and played college football for the Ohio State Buckeyes.
Andrew Van Ginkel (born July 1, 1995) is an American professional football linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at South Dakota before transferring to Wisconsin. Van Ginkel was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the fifth round of the 2019 NFL draft. [1]
Samuel Richard Darnold (born June 5, 1997) [1] is an American professional football quarterback for the Minnesota Vikings of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the USC Trojans, winning the Archie Griffin award in 2016, and was selected third overall by the New York Jets in the 2018 NFL draft.
General manager Rick Spielman announced the Vikings selection of Bynum and declared him as a safety. The Minnesota Vikings acquired the fourth round pick (125th overall) used to draft Bynum in a trade with the Chicago Bears for a fifth round (155th overall) pick during the 2020 NFL Draft. He was the fifth safety drafted in 2021.