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The Vikings selected 11 players in the 2021 NFL Draft. Most of those players were cut Tuesday and didn’t make the 53-man roster a year after they were called up.
That’s an ugly look for the Vikings’ former regime of general manager Rick Spielman and coach Mike Zimmer, who were fired after the 2021 season. The new regime of General Manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah and Kevin O’Connell obviously doesn’t think much of this draft class.
Here’s a look at the Vikings’ 2021 draft class and the status of each player moving into their second NFL season:
Round 1: Christian Darrisaw (Starting Left Tackle)
Round 3: Kellen Mond (cut on Tuesday)
Round 3: Chazz Surratt (cut on Tuesday)
Round 3: Wyatt Davis (cut on Tuesday)
Round 3: Patrick Jones (Backup Outside Linebacker)
Round 4: Kene Nwangwu (backup running back and kickoff returner)
Lap 4: Camryn Bynum (start safety)
Round 4: Janarius Robinson (cut on Tuesday)
Round 5: Ihmir Smith-Marsette (backup wide receiver and punt returner)
Round 5: Zach Davidson (cut on Tuesday)
Round 6: Jaylen Twyman (cut on Tuesday)
Tuesday was a massacre of the 2021 draft class by the team leadership looking to go in a very different direction in 2022.