Transactions 2020 draft The Vikings had a total of 15 selections in the
2020 NFL draft, a record number since the draft moved to a seven-round format in 1994. Although they had lost their original fifth-round pick to the
Baltimore Ravens in the trade for kicker/punter
Kaare Vedvik prior to the 2019 season and their seventh-round pick in the trade that sent wide receiver
Stefon Diggs to the
Buffalo Bills earlier in the 2020 offseason, the Diggs trade gave the Vikings extra picks in the first, fifth and sixth rounds. They also had an extra pick in the seventh round after trading guard
Danny Isidora to the
Miami Dolphins at the start of the 2019 season, as well as one compensatory pick in the third round and two in the seventh as a result of free agency losses in 2019. After taking
LSU wide receiver
Justin Jefferson 22nd overall with the first-round pick they acquired from the Bills, the Vikings traded their original first-round pick (25th overall) to the
San Francisco 49ers in exchange for the 31st overall pick, as well as selections in the fourth and fifth rounds; with the 31st overall pick, the Vikings took
TCU cornerback
Jeff Gladney. The Vikings used their second-round pick on
Boise State offensive tackle
Ezra Cleveland, then took
Mississippi State cornerback
Cameron Dantzler in the third round, before trading their third-round compensatory pick to the
New Orleans Saints for the Saints' remaining picks in the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh rounds. In the fourth round, the Vikings used the picks they acquired from the 49ers and Saints to select
South Carolina defensive end
D. J. Wonnum and
Baylor defensive tackle
James Lynch, before taking
Oregon linebacker
Troy Dye with their original fourth-round pick. The Vikings traded the fifth-round pick they acquired from the Bills to the
Chicago Bears for a fourth-round pick in the
2021 draft, before using their remaining fifth-round selections on
Temple Owls cornerback
Harrison Hand and
Miami (FL) wide receiver
K. J. Osborn. In the sixth round, the Vikings traded the other pick they acquired from the Bills—along with the seventh-round selection they got from the Dolphins—to the Ravens for another seventh-round pick and a fifth-round pick in 2021 before taking
Oregon State offensive tackle
Blake Brandel and
Michigan safety
Josh Metellus. The Vikings then had four remaining picks in the seventh round, which they used on
Michigan State Spartans defensive end
Kenny Willekes,
Iowa quarterback
Nate Stanley, Mississippi State safety
Brian Cole II and
Washburn guard
Kyle Hinton.
Notes • The Vikings were awarded three
compensatory selections at the
NFL's annual spring owners' meetings. They received one additional pick in the third round and two in the seventh round, compensating for the losses of
Sheldon Richardson,
Trevor Siemian and
Tom Compton.
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