The Washington Post released anin-depth breakdown of each NFL team’s draft valueand where they rank among the league since 1996. The Vikings were ranked 14th.
Minnesota has had an average draft position of 17th, and the summary said the Vikings have been more successful than the NFL average over the past decade. The authors determined Minnesota’s best draft pick to be defensive tackle Kevin Williams, selected ninth overall in 2003.
Tim Miko, Denise Lu, Bonnie Berkowitz and Lazaro Gamio contributed to the piece, and they explained the breakdown:
This piece uses a metric called draft value, created by the math gurus at Pro-Football-Reference.