Vikings 2026 Mock Draft Tracker: Version 6.0

Draft season is coming to a head with Vikings Top 30 visits this week and evaluations being finalized.

It’s totally wild to realize the 2026 event gets underway in 16 days. Where has the time gone?!

Our latest Mock Draft Tracker should help set the stage for what the Vikings might do when they’re on the clock a couple picks after the midpoint of the opening round. Of course, the “best guesses” we find don’t always come to fruition, and only one prospect will hear his name called with the 18^th overall pick.

It’s worthwhile then to learn who some of the anticipated fits are … even if they haven’t changed.

That brings us back to an ultra-productive safety who starred at Purdue initially and then Oregon, a guy who experts seemingly can’t place on another team because his game reminds them of Harrison Smith.

“The Hitman” hasn’t decided on returning for Year 15 or retiring — there’s no rush, after all — but in either scenario, pundits think Dillon Thieneman has the talent and traits to make an impact in the NFL.

Thieneman has shown up in more than half the mock drafts we’ve scouted — 56% in Version 4.0, 60% in 5.0 and 56% again in this iteration (14 out of 25 submissions) — since he verified his athleticism at the combine. His stock arrowed up after running the 40 in 4.35 seconds and posting a 41-inch vertical jump.

Two other prospects appeared more than once in this roundup: two people projected Tennessee CB Jermod McCoy, who didn’t play in 2025 due to an ACL injury but reportedly aced his Pro Day with a 40 in the 4.37-4.41 range; and three people casted predictions for Toledo S Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, a long, dynamic player who has been touted as a fun, movable addition for Defensive Coordinator Brian Flores.

The six prospects who flashed as one-offs in this collection of mocks are Florida DL Caleb Banks, Utah OL Spencer Fano, Notre Dame RB Jeremiyah Love, Ohio State DL Kayden McDonald, Miami edge Akheem Mesidor and Clemson DL Peter Woods. This is the first time we’ve seen Mesidor mentioned as a possible choice for Minnesota in Round 1 (among more than 50 different prognosticators that we have featured).