All eyes have shifted to a stage in Chicago for tonight’s first round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Here are 10 numbers of note about the Vikings, draft history and this year’s pool of prospects:
4 — number of times since 1967 that the top two picks in a draft year have been traded; Tennessee sent the top overall pick to Los Angeles, and Cleveland dealt the second spot to Philadelphia in recent separate trades; the third pick also was swapped in the three previous times (1967, 1975 and 1997); San Diego has that spot
6 — most picks ever taken from one school in one first round (Miami, six in 2004); Ohio State will have five players in Chicago who could hear their names called Thursday; Southern Cal (1968), Miami (2002) and Ohio State (2006) are the only three schools to have five players selected in one first round
7 — years in a row in which at least one Alabama player has been drafted in the first round; the active streak is tied with past streaks by Florida, Ohio State and Pittsburgh for the third longest ever, behind Miami (14 years, 1995-2008) and Florida (nine years, 1983-91)
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10 — minutes allotted per team to make a selection or trade once it is “on the clock” in the first round; the amount of time drops to seven minutes for the second round, five minutes for rounds three through six and four minutes in the seventh round
14 — number of players selected No.