| Christopher Reina. 14th April, 2009 - 9:26 pm
Number of drafted Pro Bowlers: 6
(Marked by * below)
Rick Spielman replaced Fran Foley shortly after the 2006 NFL Draft.
Various Notes
- Kevin Williams, Adrian Peterson, Chad Greenway and Bryant McKinnie have been more successful first round selections than Dimitrius Underwood, Kenechi Udeze, Troy Williamson, Erasmus James and Michael Bennett (despite the Pro Bowl selection).
- Minnesota lost their first round pick in 2008 due to the addition of Jared Allen, but they did well with Tyrell Johnson.
- The successive drafts of Randy Moss and Daunte Culpepper set the Vikings up to have one of the more potent offensive attacks on a year basis through the first five seasons of the new century.
2008
Tyrell Johnson, DB (2nd, 43rd)
John David Booty, QB (5th, 137th)
Letroy Guion, DT (5th, 152nd)
John Sullivan, C (6th, 187th)
Jaymar Johnson, 6th, 193rd)
2007
*Adrian Peterson, RB (1st, 7th)
Sidney Rice, WR (2nd, 44th)
Marcus McCauley, DB (3rd, 72nd)
Brian Robison, DE (4th, 102nd)
Aundrae Allison, WR (5th, 146th)
Rufus Alexander, LB (6th, 176th)
Tyler Thigpen, QB (7th, 217th)
Chandler Williams, WR (7th, 233rd)
2006
Chad Greenway, LB (1st, 17th)
Cedric Griffin, DB (2nd, 48th)
Ryan Cook, C (2nd, 51st)
Tarvaris Jackson, QB (2nd, 64th)
Ray Edwards, DE (4th, 127th)
Greg Blue, DB (5th, 149th)
Tyrone Culver, DB (6th, 185th)
2005
Troy Williamson, WR (1st, 7th)
Erasmus James, DE (1st, 18th)
Marcus Johnson, G (2nd, 49th)
Dustin Fox, DB (3rd, 80th)
Ciatrick Fason, RB (4th, 112th)
C.J. Mosley, DT (6th, 191st)
Adrian Ward, DB (7th, 219th)
2004
Kenechi Udeze, DE (1st, 20th)
Dontarrious Thomas, LB (2nd, 48th)
Darrion Scott, DE (3rd, 88th)
Nat Dorsey, T (4th, 115th)
Mewelde Moore, RB (4th, 119th)
Rod Davis, LB (5th, 155th)
Deandre Eiland, DB (6th, 184th)
Jeff Dugan, TE (7th, 220th)
2003
*Kevin Williams, DT (1st, 9th)
E.J. Henderson, LB (2nd, 40th)
Nate Burleson, WR (3rd, 71st)
Onterrio Smith, RB (4th, 105th)
Eddie Johnson, P (6th, 180th)
Mike Nattiel, LB (6th, 190th)
Keenan Howry, WR (7th, 221st)
2002
Bryant McKinnie, T (1st, 7th)
Raonall Smith, LB (2nd, 38th)
Willie Offord, DB (3rd, 70th)
Brian Williams, DB (4th, 105th)
Edward Ta’amu, G (4th, 132nd)
Nick Rogers, LB (6th, 177th)
Chad Beasley, T (7th, 218th)
2001
*Michael Bennett, RB (1st, 27th)
Willie Howard, DE (2nd, 57th)
Eric Kelly, DB (3rd, 69th)
Shawn Worthen, DT (4th, 130th)
Cedric James, WR (4th, 131st)
Patrick Chukwurah, LB (5th, 157th)
Carey Scott, DB (6th, 189th)
Brian Crawford, T (7th, 225th)
2000
Chris Hovan, DT (1st, 25th)
Fred Robbins, DT (2nd, 55th)
Michael Boireau, DE (2nd, 56th)
Doug Chapman, RB (3rd, 88th)
Antonio Wilson, LB (4th, 106th)
Tyrone Carter, DB (4th, 118th)
Troy Walters, WR (5th, 165th)
Mike Malano, C (7th, 240th)
Giles Cole, TE (7th, 244th)
Lewis Kelly, T (7th, 248th)
1999
*Daunte Culpepper, QB (1st, 11th)
Dimitrius Underwood, DT (1st, 29th)
Jim Kleinsasser, TE (2nd, 44th)
Kenny Wright, DB (4th, 120th)
Jay Humphrey, T (4th, 125th)
Chris Jones, LB (5th, 169th)
Talance Sawyer, DE (6th, 185th)
Antico Dalton, LB (6th, 199th)
Noel Scarlett, DT (7th, 236th)
1998
*Randy Moss, WR (1st, 21st)
Kailee Wong, LB (2nd, 51st)
Ramos McDonald, DB (3rd, 80th)
Kivuusama Mays, LB (4th, 110th)
Kerry Cooks, DB (5th, 144th)
*Matt Birk, C (6th, 173rd)
Chester Burnett, LB (7th, 208th)
Tony Darden, DB (7th, 225th)
1997
Dwayne Rudd, LB (1st, 20th)
Torrian Gray, DB (2nd, 49th)
Stalin Colinet, DT (3rd, 78th)
Antonio Banks, DB (4th, 113th)
Tony Williams, DT (5th, 151st)
Robert Tate, DB (6th, 183rd)
Artie Ulmer, LB (7th, 220th)
Matthew Hatchette, WR (7th, 235th)
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