Vikings Aim for Elite 2023 Draft Stars!
The big time playmaker in the Big 12 is seen as a fit for the Vikings.
Safety Harrison Smith is still up in the air on his status for the 2026 season with the Minnesota Vikings. If he does decide to hang up his cleats, he will eventually find himself forever enshrined in Canton, Ohio. Before that though, a decision will have to be made, but can or should the Vikings wait for that?
Bleacher Report's Brent Sobleski discussed the potential for the team to move on by giving them a best fit in the draft that he identified. He came up with TCU safety Bud Clark, who is one of the more dynamic safeties and projects as a day two pick in April's NFL Draft. Sobleski writes, "By placing Clark in Brian Flores' exotic defensive scheme, he can be molded into a chess piece capable of making quarterbacks pay for their mistakes.
With the amount of pressure the Vikings tend to apply, Clark can capitalize and give Minnesota's offense extra possessions. Whether as a starting safety or a flex defender deployed all over the field, Clark gives Minnesota the type of athlete it needs for Flores' scheme to evolve even further. " Clark alongside Joshua Metellus would be a dynamic duo for Flores, as well as presnet more turnover chances to give the offense more life.
This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: 2026 NFL Draft: Vikings named fit for ball-hawk safety