It’s no secret that the Minnesota Vikings need serious help on the defensive side of the ball, particularly on the backend of a unit that gave up the third-most total yards on average in the entire NFL. So ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. didn’t complicate things when making the No. 12 pick of the 2022 NFL Draft in his second mock draft of the year.
He selected Derek Stingley Jr., cornerback for the LSU Tigers.
“This is the position Minnesota needs most, and Stingley could be worth it,” wrote Kiper. “Stingley needs to show NFL teams that he can get back to the way he played in 2019, when he had six picks as a true freshman on LSU’s national title team.”
