The 2026 NFL Draft is underway, and the Minnesota Vikings are hoping to bolster their roster for the upcoming season.
Stay up-to-date with every pick made by the Vikings with KSTP’s draft tracker below:
Round 1, 18th Overall: Caleb Banks, DT, Florida
Banks spent the first two years of his collegiate career with the Louisville Cardinals before spending his final three years with the Gators.
Throughout 34 total games in college, Banks tallied 48 tackles, 10.5 tackles for loss and 6.5 sacks.
The 6’6″, 225-pound defensive lineman is hoping to stay healthy after injuring his foot last fall, which limited him to only three games on the season, and then breaking the same foot at the NFL Scouting Combine.
Banks had surgery for the broken foot in March and should be cleared for early football activities in June.
Round 2, 51st Overall: Jake Golday, LB, Cincinnati
*The Vikings traded the 49th and 196th picks to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for the 51st and 159th picks.*
Golday played just two seasons with the Cincinnati Bearcats and in 24 career games, totaled 163 tackles, 13 tackles for loss, five sacks, five passes defended, one fumble recovery and three forced fumbles.
The 6’4″, 239-pound linebacker will add some much-needed depth to a Vikings team that traded away OLB Jonathan Greenard to the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday.
Round 3, 82nd Overall: Dominique Orange, DT, Iowa St.
Orange is the latest member to join the Vikings’ defensive line after spending four seasons with the Iowa State Cyclones.
In 50 total games, Orange recorded 66 tackles, seven tackles for loss, one sack and two passes defended.
Round 3, 97th Overall: Caleb Tiernan, OT, Northwestern
The 6’7″, 280-pound Tiernan played 52 total games for the Northwestern Wildcats over five seasons.
Round 3, 98th Overall: Jakobe Thomas, S, Miami (Fla.)
*The Vikings traded OLB Jonathan Greenard and the 244th overall pick in the 2026 NFL Draft to the Philadelphia Eagles for the 98th pick in the 2026 NFL Draft and a third-round pick in the 2027 NFL Draft.*
Thomas spent the first three seasons of his collegiate career at Middle Tennessee State before going to Tennessee for one season and then finishing his last year at Miami (Fla.).
In 53 total games played, Thomas recorded 206 tackles, 11 tackles for loss, 4.5 sacks, nine interceptions, two interceptions returned for touchdowns, 16 passes defended, four forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries.
Round 5, 159th Overall:
*The Vikings traded the 49th and 196th picks to the Carolina Panthers in exchange for the 51st and 159th picks.*
Round 5, 163rd Overall:
Round 7, 234th Overall:
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