Viking Draft History (Green Era)

 

Key
PURPLE
Awesome Pick
GREEN
Good Pick
RED
Horrible Pick
BLUE
Good Pick who developed elsewhere

 

 

 

 

2000
1999
1...Chris Hovan DT- Boston College 1a..Daunte Culpepper QB- Central Florida
2a..Fred Robbins DT- Wake Forest 1b..Dimetrius Underwood DE- Michigan St.
2b..Michael Boireau DE- Miami 2...Jimmy Kleinsasser FB- North Dakota
3...Doug Chapman RB- Marshall 4a..Kenny Wright CB- Northwestern St.
4a..Antonio Wilson LB- Texas A&M Commerce 4b..Jay Humphrey OL- Texas
4b..Tyrone Carter SS- Minnesota 5...Chris Jones LB- Clemson
5...Troy Walters WR- Stanford 6a..Talance Sawyer DE- UNLV
7a..Mike Malano C - San Diego St. 6b..Antico Dalton LB- Hampton
7b..Giles Cole TE- Texas A&M Kingsville 7...Noel Scarlett DT- Langston
7c..Lewis Kelly OL- South Carolina    
       
1998
1997
1...Randy Moss WR- Marshall 1...Dwayne Rudd LB- Alabama
2...Kailee Wong LB- Stanford 2...Torrian Gray S- Virginia Tech
3...Ramos McDonald CB- New Mexico 3...Stalin Colinet DE- Boston College
4...Kivuusama Mays LB- North Carolina 4...Antonio Banks S- Virginia Tech
5...Kerry Cooks S- Iowa 5...Tony Williams DT- Memphis
6...Matt Birk C- Harvard 6...Robert Tate WR- Cincinnati
7a..Chester Burnett LB- Arizona 7a..Artie Ulmer LB- Valdosta St.
7b..Tony Darden CB- Texas Tech 7b..Matthew Hatchette WR- Langston
       
1996
1995
1...Duane Clemons DE- California 1a..Derrick Alexander DE- Florida St.
2...James Manley DT- Vanderbilt 1b..Korey Stringer OT- Ohio St.
3...Moe Williams RB- Kentucky 2a..Orlando Thomas S- SW Louisiana
4...Hunter Goodwin TE- Texas A&M 2b..Corey Fuller CB- Florida St.
5...Sean Boyd S- North Carolina 4...Chad May QB- Kansas St.
7...John Merrill OL- Duke 5...James Stewart RB- Miami
    6...John Solomon LB- Sam Houston St.
    7a..Jose White DT- Howard
    7b..Jason Fisk DT- Stanford
1994
1993
1a..Dewayne Washington CB- North Carolina St. 1...Robert Smith RB- Ohio St.
1b..Todd Steussie OT- CAL 2...Quadry Ismail WR- Syracuse
2a..David Palmer WR- Alabama 3a..John Gerak OL- Penn St.
2b..Fernando Smith DE- Michigan St. 3b..Gilbert Brown DT- Kansas
4...Mike Wells DT- Iowa 4...Ashley Sheppard LB- Clemson
5...Shelly Hammonds CB- Penn St. 5...Everett Lindsey OL- Mississippi St.
6...Andrew Jordan TE- Western Carolina 7...Gino Toretta QB- Miami
1992
 
2...Robert Harris DT- Southern

Explanation

I don't believe in grading a draft until the players have been in the league atleast two years; thats why I didn't color code any of the 2000 picks. I am harsh on picks in the first four rounds. Wasted picks late in the draft are common, so I don't hold the team accountable. Anything late is a bonus, so I give credit for those diamonds in the rough. Players in blue are or were good players that developed elsewhere, but were picked by the Vikes. Players in the first four rounds that remain in black are players who were mediocre picks.



4...Roy Barker DE- North Carolina
5...Ed McDaniel LB- Clemson
6...Mike Gaddis RB- Oklahoma
7...David Wilson S- CAL
8...Luke Fisher TE- East Carolina
9a..Brad Johnson QB- Florida St.
9b..Ronnie West WR- Pittsburgh St.
10..Brad Culpepper DT- Florida
11..Charles Evans FB- Clark
12..Joe Randolph WR- Elon

Best Picks
1. Randy Moss
2. Daunte Culpepper
3. Robert Smith
4. Brad Johnson
5. Korey Stringer
6. Todd Steussie
7. Matt Birk
8. Ed McDaniel
9. Dwayne Rudd
10. Brad Culpepper

Picks by Position
QB- 4
RB/FB- 6
WR- 8
TE- 4
OL- 8
DL- 19
LB- 12
DB- 13
ST- 0
Best Success- Offensive Line