With the NFL Draft right around the corner and our Kyle Ratke ranked the Vikings’ three best third-round picks since 2000.
3. DE, Ray Edwards, 2006
Coming out of Purdue, it didn’t take long for Edwards to become a big part of the team’s defense. By his second season, he was the team’s full-time starter. From 2007-2010, Edwards had five or more sacks in each season. He only played five seasons for Minnesota, but started 58 games during that stretch and had 29.5 sacks.
He played the last two years of his career in Atlanta before pursuing a boxing career.