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Numbers of Note: 2015 Vikings Draft Class

View images of each of the 10 Vikings 2015 Draft picks.

The brief lull between last weekend's NFL Draft and the arrival of selections for rookie minicamp (scheduled for Thursday) gives us a chance to take a look at some specific numbers of note for the incoming Vikings:

4.31 —time in seconds that first-round pick Trae Waynes needed to run the 40-yard dash at the 2015 NFL Combine, which was second-fastest behind J.J. Nelson's 4.28; Bears receiver Kevin White, who was selected seventh overall, ran a 4.35, which was tied for the fourth-fastest time

5 and 5 — number of selections on offense and defense made by the Vikings in their 55th NFL Draft; it was the third time in four years that Minnesota has made that many picks; General Manager Rick Spielman entered the draft with seven selections but traded down in the third round twice, and once in the fifth round to acquire more selections

7 —career games with at least 100 receiving yards by fifth-round pick Stefon Diggs, giving him the second-highest total of century marks in Maryland history

7.5 —tackles for loss apiece in 2014 by sixth-round pick B.J. Dubose at Louisville and by seventh-round selection Edmond Robinson at Newberry College

10 — undrafted rookie free agents who agreed to terms with the Vikings, the team announced Tuesday: Justin Coleman (CB, Tennessee), DaVaris Daniels (WR, Notre Dame), Tom Farniok (C, Iowa State), Anthony Harris (S, Virginia), Taylor Heinicke (QB, Old Dominion), Jordan Leslie (WR, BYU), Gavin Lutman (WR, Pittsburg State), Blake Renaud (FB, Boise State), Jesse Somsel (G, Saginaw Valley State) an Bobby Vardaro (G, Boston College)

26 — games started at right tackle by fourth-round pick T.J. Clemmings in the past two seasons under former Vikings assistant Jim Hueber; Clemmings began his college career on defense (2010-12, which included a redshirt season in 2011)

27 — games started from 2013-14 by seventh-round pick Austin Shepherd at right tackle for Alabama after spending his first three seasons as a redshirt/reserve; only two sacks were deemed to be allowed by Shepherd in his final two seasons

29 — number of reps in bench pressing 225 pounds by sixth-round pick Tyrus Thompson at the NFL Combine; Thompson also recorded a vertical leap of 29 inches in Indianapolis

211 —career receptions for fifth-round pick MyCole Pruitt, which are the most by a tight end in Missouri Valley Football Conference history and led to other positional records of 2,601 receiving yards and 25 touchdown catches

481 — school-record number of tackles that second-round pick Eric Kendricks was credited for making during his four-year, 42-start career at UCLA; Kendricks had a Bruins-record 11 games with double-digit tackles in 2014 and finished his career with 25 games with double-digit tackles (second in school history)

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