Minnesota Vikings 2020 mock draft: Full 7 rounds

MOBILE, AL - JANUARY 25: Offensive Lineman Josh Jones #70 from Houston of the North Team during the 2020 Resse's Senior Bowl at Ladd-Peebles Stadium on January 25, 2020 in Mobile, Alabama. The North Team defeated the South Team 34 to 17. (Photo by Don Juan Moore/Getty Images) /

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Jaylon Johnson, Utah Utes. (Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images) /

With two first-round picks following the trade of Stefon Diggs, the Minnesota Vikings are in a great spot to return to the playoffs next season.

The Stefon Diggs saga finally came to an end for the Minnesota Vikings this spring, as the team shipped off the extremely talented but disgruntled receiver to the Buffalo Bills for a haul of draft picks.

The loss of Diggs looms large for the Minnesota offense, but the benefit is that the organization now finds itself with two first-round picks and a historically-deep class of wide receivers to choose from.

Will the Vikes replenish their offensive weapons for Kirk Cousins in round one? Or will they be patient and pick up Diggs’ replacement in the later rounds? It’s time to find out with my seven-round Vikings mock draft:

1st round

player. 843. . CB. Utes . Jaylon Johnson. 22

There will be a lot of people looking for one of the Vikings’ first-round picks to be a receiver after trading Stefon Diggs, but I don’t see that happening unless a guy like Jerry Jeudy or CeeDee Lamb unexpectedly falls.

Having lost three cornerbacks in free agency, one of these picks has to address the secondary and a player who fits perfectly is Jaylon Johnson.

Johnson seems set to go in the 18-25 range of round one and has the size and physicality that Mike Zimmer covets in his cornerback prospects. Several Utah defenders could wind up in Vikings uniforms next season, with Johnson being an excellent fit with the team’s first pick.

Another position that figures to be depleted by round two is offensive tackle and that leads Minnesota to pull the trigger on Houston’s Josh Jones.

Jones is one of my favorite prospects in the class and has gotten somewhat overlooked with the frenzy the consensus top four tackles (Wills, Wirfs, Thomas, Becton) have created at the top half of round one. Make no mistake, though, Jones is an outstanding player in his own right.

He has great athleticism, length and had a dominant week of practices at the Senior Bowl that showed he’s worthy of a first-round pick. Taking Jones would allow the Vikes to kick Riley Reiff inside to guard and immediately upgrade the unit as a whole.

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