Linebacker Devante Downs
Height: 6-2
Weight: 252 pounds
Age: 22
Hometown: Mountlake Terrace, Wash.
College: University of California
Drafted: 225th, as the sixth linebacker selected by the Vikings in the seventh round since 2012.
What we’ve learned
First impression
Downs spent much of a three-day rookie minicamp walking through assignments and watching teammates run through drills. He came across both eager and confident after just one walkthrough, where he didn’t do much while recovering from a major knee injury that ended his college career.