Final Mock Draft Monday picks for the Vikings in the 2026 NFL Draft

Over a hundred mock draft analysis pieces, dozens of scouting reports, and more full-first-round mock drafts later, we have arrived at the week of the 2026 NFL Draft.

Despite us just highlighting so many of the exercises that we just mentioned, but whats one more? We have one final Mock Draft Monday to work through. For this one, it is a blend of what positions we think the Vikings will go after, but also which players we think they should pick for those positions. As an added twist, we throw in a trade that, while it is unlikely to happen, it highlights that anything is possible during this week.

Without further delay, here is our final Vikings' Mock Draft Monday of the 2026 NFL Draft cycle.

Trade between the Vikings and the Cardinals

Minnesota Vikings receive: 34th and 65th overall picks in 2026 and a 1st Round Pick in 2027

Arizona Cardinals receive: 18th, 97th, and 234th overall picks in 2026

This is a move that can come about with two things being true. First, Cardinals GM Monti Ossenfort could be desperate enough to make this move. The Cardinals' general manager is in a win-now moment for himself. He has hired his second head coach of his tenure, the team is starting over, and owner Michael Bidwell needs to see something in 2026. Starting over with a franchise quarterback achieves that longer leash for him, and if he mortgages the future for the potential replacement for him, it is not his problem.

Second, because the Vikings lack a cemented person at the general manager spot, they could be looking to get as much value as they can. It doesn't get much better than landing an extra pick in 2027.

Mock Draft Selections

• Round 2, Pick 34: Caleb Banks, DL, Florida
• Round 2, Pick 49: Keith Abney II, CB, Arizona State
• Round 3, Pick 65: Jadarian Price, RB, Notre Dame