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Erik Highsmith

Minnesota Vikings 2013 NFL Draft Review

1 (23) - Shariff Floyd, DT, Florida; 1 (25) - Xavier Rhodes, CB, Florida State; 1 (29) Cordarrelle Patterson, WR/KR, Tennessee; 4 (120) - Gerald Hodges, OLB, Penn State; 5 (155) - Jeff Locke, P, UCLA; 6 (196) - Jeff Baca, OG, UCLA; 7 (213) - Michael Mauti, ILB, Penn State; 7 (214) Travis Bond, OG, North Carolina; 7 (229) - Everett Dawkins, DT, Florida StateTop Pick Analysis: Vikings general manager Rick Spielman scored big on the first day, snaring a pair of sliders in Floyd and Rhodes before trading back in for a third first-round pick and nabbing playmaker extraordinaire Patterson. Floyd was rated as a top-five talent by some and projects as a Richard Seymour-like factor playing the three-technique. The fact he will be learning under one of the best of this generation, Kevin Williams, also won't hurt. Rhodes was in the top 15 on most boards and is a long, powerful corner tailor-made for Minnesota's base Tampa-2 scheme. Patterson is raw but may be the most explosive offensive player i...

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