Clemson wide receiver Tee Higgins has listed as a pick for the Vikings in a couple of mock drafts as of late.
Higgins went to the Vikings at No. 25 in an NFL.com mock draft done by Daniel Jeremiah recently.
In a Draft Wire mock draft, Higgins goes a little earlier, but he still lands with the Vikings.
Minnesota drafted Higgins No. 22, then followed that up by taking TCU cornerback Jeff Gladney at pick No. 25 in a Draft Wire mock draft.
Here’s what our friends at Draft Wire said about the choice of Higgins:
“Kirk Cousins is a quarterback who needs contested-catch receivers to perform at his highest level, and there weren’t many better at that in the 2019 NCAA season than Higgins, who seamlessly uses his 6-foot-4, 205-pound frame to out-leap and box out defenders to his quarterback’s benefit. Add in a Gumby-level catch radius and an extreme ability to come down with the deep pass (per Pro Football Focus, he grabbed 15 of 23 targets of 20 or more air yards last season for six touchdowns), and you’ve got a great complement to Adam Thielen’s own deep speed and big-play ability.”
Based off of that, it sounds like Higgins could be a solid pick. It will be interesting to see what positions the Vikings draft with their two first-round picks, though. Wide receiver and corner are both needs, but so are offensive line, defensive line and possibly others depending on how the offseason shakes out.