NFC North · 2027 Draft Class
Minnesota Vikings 2027 NFL Draft Needs and Projected Picks
What the Vikings are working with in the 2027 draft: the needs we have researched for this cycle, the capital the projected order gives them, and which prospects are projected into their range.
Where the Vikings stand
The 2027 draft has not been held, so there are no picks to report and nothing here is a result. This page is the pre-draft picture: what this roster is missing, what the projected order hands them, and who is likely to be there when they are on the clock.
As the projected order stands, the Vikings hold 9 selections in 2027: 1 on Day 1, 3 across Day 2 and 5 on Day 3, with 4 inside the top 100. 4 of those slots are ones they do not originally own, and 2 of their own picks have gone the other way.
Projected draft capital
| Round | Overall | Origin |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 | Own pick |
| 2 | 43 | Own pick |
| 3 | 75 | Own pick |
| 3 | 87 | via Eagles |
| 5 | 135 | via Panthers |
| 5 | 139 | Own pick |
| 6 | 162 | via Jets |
| 7 | 203 | Own pick |
| 7 | 215 | via Eagles |
Projected order. The 2027 draft order is set by the 2026 regular season and is not known until January.
Picks already traded away: No. 107 (R4, now Panthers), No. 171 (R6, now Patriots).
Roster needs entering the 2027 cycle
Our needs assessment for the Vikings, ordered by priority. These are not decorative: the number beside each one is the multiplier the simulator applies to a prospect at that position when this team is on the clock, so a edge rusher prospect is genuinely harder for this team to pass on than his board rank alone implies.
Team needs were researched for this class from current rosters. They predate free agency and will be revised after March 2027.
Position rankings for their top needs: Edge Rusher, Quarterback, Offensive Tackle.
Who is projected into their range
Prospects currently projected inside the 15 picks either side of No. 11, where the Vikings pick first. Restricted to positions on their needs list, ordered by how heavily that need is weighted, and capped at 3 per position so one need does not fill the table.
| Board rank | Prospect | Pos | School | Projected range | Need |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Arch Manning | QB | Texas | 1-9 | need 2 |
| 4 | Colin Simmons | EDGE | Texas | 1-7 | need 1 |
| 6 | Dante Moore | QB | Oregon | 1-8 | need 2 |
| 5 | Dylan Stewart | EDGE | South Carolina | 3-8 | need 1 |
| 48 | CJ Carr | QB | Notre Dame | 6-51 | need 2 |
| 50 | Matayo Uiagalelei | EDGE | Oregon | 18-54 | need 1 |
| 10 | Jordan Seaton | OT | LSU | 5-12 | need 3 |
| 12 | Trevor Goosby | OT | Texas | 8-17 | need 3 |
Rows are selected on the consensus projection. The range beside each one is where public mocks disagree: a prospect listed 20-45 is one whose projections genuinely span that much, and a wide range on a lightly-covered player reflects thin coverage rather than real volatility. Ranges are taken from published mock drafts where we have them and modelled from board position where we do not.
How this front office drafts
No longer an interim operation: Nolan Teasley arrives from Seattle's front office, which implies Schneider-style preferences for length, athletic testing and versatility. Kevin O'Connell's Rams-influenced offense thrives on creative design and versatile receiving options. The defining question is quarterback: Kyler Murray and J.J. McCarthy enter an open competition and neither has settled the position, making QB a live premium target.
Inside the simulator, this regime leans toward the best player available, at roughly 55 to 45 against need, and is equally willing to move up or back (35 either way). Its clearest positional preferences are quarterback, edge rusher, offensive tackle, which the engine applies on top of the needs list above. It also weights testing numbers more heavily than most, so athletic outliers rise on its board.
Adofo-Mensah was fired Jan 30 after four seasons; Rob Brzezinski ran operations through the 2026 draft before Teasley was hired. A first-time GM out of the Seattle system should be modeled on Schneider's tendencies until Minnesota establishes its own pattern. O'Connell has a track record of maximizing quarterbacks, which cuts both ways: it raises the value of a rookie QB and lowers the urgency of replacing McCarthy immediately.
What this page is not
It is not a mock draft, and it is not a prediction of what the Vikings will do. Two of its three inputs will change before the draft is held: the order is set by a season that has not been played, and the needs list predates free agency, which reliably removes two or three items from every team's list and occasionally adds one. The board itself will move most of all.
We publish it anyway because the order-independent part is real and useful now. A front office's needs, its draft capital and the shape of the class it is drafting from are knowable months before the order is, and they are what actually drive a mock draft. Known gaps in the 2027 data: New York Jets general manager is unconfirmed.
More on the Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings franchise hub carries the current front office and every draft class we cover. The 2027 consensus big board is the full board these projections sit against.
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