Minnesota picked former Lobo Ryan Cook with the 51st overall pick and 19th of the second round.
The Vikings traded with Miami to secure the pick.
Cook, a Cibola High grad, walked on and worked his way up to become an all-conference star for the Lobos.
He was expected to be the highest drafted Lobo, but most people were talking about him as third-round guy. A lot of draft analysts on ESPN and elsewhere said they are confused by this pick and didn't think Cook was a good value this early. I'd argue he's pretty versatile, a really big guy capable of playing a few o-line positions where size obviously matters and a hard worker. He's also well-behaved, which is important for a Minnesota team still trying to shake off the stink of the imfamous boat party sex scandal from last season.

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