NFL Draft Rumors: Blake Bortles the top QB target for Minnesota Vikings
Last season, the Minnesota Vikings had three first round picks, acquiring one from the Seattle Seahawks in the Percy Harvin trade and another from the New England Patriots. They used those three picks to select former Florida Gators’ defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, former Florida State Seminoles’ cornerback Xavier Rhodes and former Tennessee Volunteers’ wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson.
Despite filling holes at this position, they have a hole at quarterback since 2011 first round pick Christian Ponder hasn’t worked out.
According to Darren Wolfson of 1500 ESPN, the Vikings prefer Central Florida Knights’ Blake Bortles to the other quarterback prospects.
Subject to change: checking around, and admittedly so much BS these last 9 days, but some sense that Bortles is top QB target for #Vikings.
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) April 29, 2014
Re: Bortles - Hard to know what/who to trust. Not sure he lasts until 8. RT @Jake_in_MN @DarrenWolfson trust me, we won't hold you to it :-)
— Darren Wolfson (@DWolfsonKSTP) April 29, 2014
Bortles and his parents recently met with the Vikings and the team supposedly came away impressed.
Last season, Bortles completed 259 of 382 passes for 3,581 yards with 25 touchdowns and nine interceptions.