It took most of the night, but the Minnesota Vikings finally got an opportunity to participate in the second night of the 2023 NFL Draft. They made a trade down with the San Francisco 49ers, picking up a pair of Day 3 picks to move down 15 spots to the final pick of Round 3.
With that pick, the Vikings selected cornerback Mekhi Blackmon from the University of Southern California. He was, obviously, a teammate of the Vikings’ first-round pick, wide receiver Jordan Addison. In fact, Daniel Jeremiah of the NFL Network said during their broadcast this evening that Blackmon used to jump the line in practices for the Trojans specifically so he could go against Addison.