Vikings' perfect fit in 2026 NFL Draft is a potential star from the Toledo Rockets
Minnesota picks in the No. 18 spot.
Vikings' perfect fit in 2026 NFL Draft is a potential star from the Toledo Rockets originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Minnesota Vikings are a team full of talent, and now they even appear to have a quarterback, Kyler Murray.
That allows them to be quite flexible in the 2026 NFL Draft. They've got the No. 18 overall selection, the last spot among teams that missed the playoffs, and to help them return to the postseason, Minnesota has to find a way to snag the best, most impactful player available.
If the draft board breaks the right way, that guy could be Emmanuel McNeil-Warren. ESPN's Matt Bowen wrote in a new article on Tuesday that McNeil-Warren is his "favorite fit" in this draft for the Vikings. MORE: E agles' new signing flew himself as a pilot to Philadelphia McNeil-Warren is a 6-foot-4 safety who played his college football as a star in the MAC for the Toledo Rockets.
And on multiple levels, he fits nicely with the Vikings. "McNeil-Warren is ideal for coordinator Brian Flores' scheme, which focuses on creating chaos for opposing offenses with late movement and pressure," Bowen writes. "Flores and the Vikings played two-high coverage on 56.