Mock drafts are going to be coming fast and furious throughout the next few months, especially with some teams being out of the playoff race already with four weeks to go.
The Minnesota Vikings are still in the thick of the playoff race but it’s still a good time to take a look at mock drafts. ESPN’s Matt Miller released a mock draft on Tuesday morning and he has the Vikings selecting Clemson cornerback Nate Wiggins.
The Vikings are desperate for a franchise quarterback but probably won’t be picking high enough to get a top passer in this class. Maybe they bring back Kirk Cousins? Maybe they sign someone else or address it further down the board? Either way, I like them adding a top-flight cornerback here at No. 22 if QB isn’t an option. People at Clemson say Wiggins is the fastest player on the Tigers’ roster, and he does it at 6-foot-2. He played his best football down the stretch of the 2023 regular season before declaring for the draft and has true CB1 traits.
A cornerback in the first round after spending numerous resources on a solid cornerback room with a top defense? Feels like the Mike Zimmer era doesn’t it? This would feel like a luxury pick, especially with a player like UCLA EDGE Laiatu Latu going a pick later to the Buffalo Bills.
In a vacuum, Wiggins is a good football player with size, length and aggressiveness that would be a good fit for the Vikings defense. Is it a pick that they should make? I wouldn’t quite go that far, but it’s a possibility that should be considered a possibility.