Drake Maye neck-and-neck with J.J. McCarthy in Vikings mock draft round-up

Tyler Forness

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The NFL Draft is only 24 days away and things are starting to get interesting for the Minnesota Vikings.

What we do every week is track the mainstream outlets mock drafts and aggregate how many times a player gets selected. Last season, we tallied up 545 mock drafts and that included a whopping 54 different players. With the Vikings set to pick at 11th and 23rd overall, there are a lot of discussions surrounding the quarterbacks in this draft along with trading up to get one.

We will track them and try to determine trends and patterns, along with giving my own analysis on how they could fit with the Vikings.

Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy

LSU QB Jayden Daniels

Georgia OT Amarius Mims

North Carolina QB Drake Maye

Illinois DT Johnny Newton

Toledo CB Quinyon Mitchell

Washington QB Michael Penix Jr. 

LSU WR Brian Thomas Jr.

Oregon QB Bo Nix

Iowa CB Cooper DeJean

Oregon C Jackson Powers-Johnson

Alabama CB Terrion Arnold

Florida State EDGE Jared Verse

Texas WR Adonai Mitchell

Overview

The Minnesota Vikings have been sent 24 different players over the course of the first 13 calendar weeks of 2024. This past week, the Vikings were sent 14 different players across 57 mock drafts. Of those 14 players, seven of them were selected just once.

Quarterback also continues to dominate the discussion as 47 of the 58 players sent to the Vikings play the most important position in the NFL.

Here are the results for the past 13 weeks.

Player Number
QB J.J. McCarthy 126
QB Drake Maye 44
EDGE Jared Verse 42
EDGE Dallas Turner 40
EDGE Laiatu Latu 38
CB Terrion Arnold 35
DT Johnny Newton 22
QB Bo Nix 19
QB Jayden Daniels 18
QB Michael Penix Jr. 16
CB Cooper DeJean 13
CB Nate Wiggins 12
CB Kool-Aid McKinstry 10
DT Byron Murphy II 10
CB Quinyon Mitchell 10
EDGE Chop Robinson 3
C Jackson Powers-Johnson 3
OT Olu Fashanu 2
WR Brian Thomas Jr. 2
QB Caleb Williams 1
TE Brock Bowers 1
WR Troy Franklin 1
OT Amarius Mims 1
WR Adonai Mitchell 1
Total 470

Tyler Forness

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Tyler Forness was previously the managing editor of USA Today's Vikings Wire. His work has been featured on Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Voices of Wrestling, SB Nation, and NBC Sports Edge among others. He is an avid wrestling fan, craft beer connoisseur, and loves the run-n-shoot offense. You can find him on Twitter/X @TheRealForno.