Vikings Draft Northwestern's Caleb Tiernan

0:00It's April 25th. This is NFL News Today, driven by AI following the league in real time. The Minnesota Vikings just snagged former Northwestern offensive tackle, Caleb Tiernan, with the 97th overall pick in the 2000, 26 NFL draft. This marks the first Wildcat taken since 2023, when four Northwestern players heard their names called, including Lyman Peter, Skoronsky at 11th overall to the Titans. Lyman hails from the Detroit area and enrolled in Northwestern in 2021 as a four-star recruit. He turned down heavy hitters like Ohio State, Penn State, and Michigan to join the Cats Undercoach Pathfist Gerald back then. After red-shirting his freshman year, he locked down starts in his final three seasons, playing in 52 games total. He earned four-time academic All-Big-Tin honors, a 2024 honorable mention, and second team All-Big-Tin in 2025. At six-foot-eight and 320-dry pounds, Scouts pegged him as late first-round potential, though

1:03he slipped a bit today too. He played both left and right tackle in college, but his massive frame might shift him inside for the Vikings. Northwestern fans got to be proud of another premium Lyman heading pro. Tiernan's got the tools to carve out a solid NFL spot, so here's to him, falling out in purple.