Vikings Draft: Must-Have Picks for Rounds 2 & 3

0:00It's April 24th. This is NFL News today, powered by AI tracking teams, players and standings. Vikings fans, round one of the 2026 NFL draft, dropped a bombshell with Minnesota grabbing Florida defensive tackle, Kayla Banks, a total. Curve ball that nobody saw coming. Now it's Friday night for rounds two and three, and our Vikings territory crew is locked in on must-have picks to fix the roster gaps. Def riders are pushing hard for a center, like Auburn's Conor Lou or Kansas State Sam Hecht to shore up that line guys who could slide right in. During round three, safeties are screaming knee two, with LSU's AJ. Halsey as a deep coverage beast or Arizona's trade-and-stukes to replace old holes and Toledo's Emanuel McNeil Warren still in play around pick, 49. Why receivers lit up the board? After Dame's big-body Malachi fields, Alabama's versatile Jeremy Bernard or Mississippi's riser, Dijon Stribbling.

1:00For speed and size to boost the room post-nailer, meanwhile, don't sleep on Washington's Jonah Coleman at running back for pass protection or Michigan's Jay Sean Barham on the edge if they pivot. Vikings got a balanced offense and defense tonight to build a contender.