Michael Penix Jr. gaining momentum on J.J. McCarthy in Vikings NFL mock draft roundup

Tyler Forness

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The NFL Draft is only 17 days away and things are starting to get interesting for the Minnesota Vikings.

What we do every week is track the mainstream outlets' mock drafts and aggregate how many times a player gets selected. Last season, we tallied up 545 mock drafts and that included a whopping 54 different players. With the Vikings set to pick at 11th and 23rd overall, there are a lot of discussions surrounding the quarterbacks in this draft along with trading up to get one.

Michael Penix Jr. gaining momentum in Vikings NFL mock draft roundup

We will track them and try to determine trends and patterns, along with giving my own analysis on how they could fit with the Vikings.

North Carolina QB Drake Maye

Michigan QB J.J. McCarthy

Oregon QB Bo Nix

Iowa CB Cooper DeJean

Washington WR Rome Odunze

Alabama CB Terrion Arnold

Washington QB Michael Penix Jr.

Illinois DT Johnny Newton

Clemson CB Nate Wiggins

Oregon State OL Taliese Fuaga

LSU WR Brian Thomas Jr.

Alabama CB Kool-Aid McKinstry

Clemson DT Ruke Orhohoro

Georgia TE Brock Bowers

Oregon C Jackson Powers-Johnson

Texas DT Byron Murphy II

Penn State EDGE Chop Robinson

Toledo CB Quinyon Mitchell

LSU QB Jayden Daniels

Overview

This week, we tracked 72 different selections in industry mock drafts with 542 total mock drafts since January 1st. In those, we have 27 unique players with three new players added to the list.

QB J.J. McCarthy152
QB Drake Maye54
EDGE Jared Verse42
EDGE Dallas Turner40
EDGE Laiatu Latu38
CB Terrion Arnold37
DT Johnny Newton28
QB Bo Nix21
QB Michael Penix Jr.21
QB Jayden Daniels19
CB Cooper DeJean16
CB Nate Wiggins16
CB Kool-Aid McKinstry12
CB Quinyon Mitchell12
DT Byron Murphy II11
EDGE Chop Robinson5
C Jackson Powers-Johnson4
WR Brian Thomas Jr.3
OT Olu Fashanu2
TE Brock Bowers2
QB Caleb Williams1
WR Troy Franklin1
OT Amarius Mims1
WR Rome Odunze1
OT Taliese Fuaga1
DT Ruke Orhohoro1
Total542

Tyler Forness

Tyler Forness was previously the managing editor of USA Today's Vikings Wire. His work has been featured on Sports Illustrated, USA Today, Voices of Wrestling, SB Nation, and NBC Sports Edge among others. He is an avid wrestling fan, craft beer connoisseur, and loves the run-n-shoot offense. You can find him on Twitter/X @TheRealForno.