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The is officially completed and the have made seven selections.RoundPickSelection11011741086177620372307232There is some interesting Travis Shaw Jersey data to look at with how general manager Kwesi Adofo-Mensah is prioritizing information with these draft cla ses. How is he managing resources? Is there a trend in how he selects players? Let’s take a look at some things we learned about the Vikings general manager.Power 5 schools continue being a priorityAdofo-Mensah has made 23 picks during his tenure.21 from power five schools1 group of five school1 FCS schoolIt’s also notable that the group of five and FCS school Christian Yelich Jersey prospects were picks 222 and 232 overall. There is a belief that playing at a power five school means more to the future succe s of a prospect.Trade ups look to prioritize player value, not pick valueThis is an interesting one. Adofo-Mensah came out relatively even with the trade up for J.J. McCarthy, but lost with the analytics charts on the move for Dallas Turner. He lost what equates to a late third, early fourth-round pick. The one caveat with this trade is that Turner was a top 10 player on the consensus board that nobody thought would get outside of the top 15, let alone the top 10. Are see Lorenzo Cain Jersey seeing a shift in how the “analytics general manager” is using data to his advantage versus the consensus?No trade downs for first-timeFor the first time as Vikings general manager, Adofo-Mensah didn’t trade down. It’s especially notable that he didn’t make a single Stephen Vogt Jersey trade on day three, where he has been very active over the course of his tenure.Top 30 visits still matterWith the Vikings seven draft picks, the top 30 visits and private workouts mattered: Private workout: Top 30 visit: Top 30 visit: Adjacent top 30 visitThat mean 4/7 were connected with a top 30 visit and that brings the total up to 11/23 draft picks in Adofo-Mensah’s tenure.Now, the undrafted free agent cla s also had some connections with top 30 visits.UCLA Robin Yount Jersey EDGE Gabriel MurphyOregon DT Taki TaimaniNorth Carolina OT Spencer RollandArkansas CB Dwight McGlothern-AdjacentThat brings the UDFA number up to eight who have been on a top 30 visit with more coming from adjacent ones.These data points mean something. The Vikings clearly value the time spent with players and are using it heavily when making their draft picks.