Vikings NFL draft simulator: PFF predicts the first round of the NFL Draft

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The 2025 NFL Draft is just four days away. After months of speculation, we will finally have answers to the questions surrounding each team's pick. Some teams, like the Cowboys, Buccaneers, Vikings, and Browns, are among those holding the draft hostage by not knowing what they will do. Meanwhile, teams like the Titans, Patriots, and Bears, where we have a better idea of what they may do.

Despite that case for both instances, we still need to practice and, in this case, simulate scenarios for the draft.

An exercise we want to do this week is to use all the best NFL Draft simulators at our disposal before the big day on Thursday. We will use them to project what their algorithm has gathered in terms of information and projections leading up to Thursday. From there, we will then share those projections here as a first-round mock draft courtesy of the simulator.

First up, PFF's draft simulator.

1) Tennessee Titans - Cam Ward, QB, Miami (FL)​

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2) Cleveland Browns - Travis Hunter, CB/WR, Colorado​

3) New York Giants - Mason Graham, DL, Michigan​

4) New England Patriots - Abdul Carter, Edge, Penn State​

5) Jacksonville Jaguars - Tyler Warren, TE, Penn State​

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6) Las Vegas Raiders - Ashton Jeanty, RB, Boise State​

7) New York Jets - Will Campbell, OL, LSU​

8) Carolina Panthers - Tetairoa McMillan, WR, Arizona​

9) New Orleans Saints - Jahdae Barron, CB, Texas​

10) Chicago Bears - Shemar Stewart, Edge, Chicago Bears​

Shemar Stewart bull-rushing the LG and LT with one arm each pic.twitter.com/pLSlJtyokA

— Ted Nguyen (@FB_FilmAnalysis) April 19, 2025

11) San Francisco 49ers - Armand Membou, OT, Missouri​

12) Dallas Cowboys - Matthew Golden, WR, Texas​

13) Miami Dolphins - Jihaad Campbell, LB, Alabama​

14) Indianapolis Colts - Will Johnson, CB, Michigan​

15) Atlanta Falcons - Mykel Williams, Edge, Georgia​

Mykel Williams doesn't seem to have many fans at this point but his ability as a run defender gives him such a high floor pic.twitter.com/BRikdyT3xW

— James Foster (@NoFlagsFilm) April 16, 2025

16) Arizona Cardinals - Donovan Ezeiruaku, Edge, Boston College​

17) Cincinnati Bengals - Mike Green, Edge, Marshall​

18) Seattle Seahawks - Jalon Walker, LB, Georgia​

19) Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Emeka Egbuka, WR, Ohio State​

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20) Denver Broncos - Kelvin Banks Jr., OT, Texas​

21) Pittsburgh Steelers - Shedeur Sanders, QB, Colorado​

22) Los Angeles Chargers - Walter Nolan, DL, Ole Miss​

23) Green Bay Packers - Malaki Starks, SAF, Georgia​

24) Minnesota Vikings - Omarion Hampton, RB, North Carolina​

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25) Houston Texans - Grey Zabel, OL, North Dakota State​

26) Los Angeles Rams - Josh Simmons, OT, Ohio State​

27) Baltimore Ravens - Kenneth Grant, DL, Michigan​

28) Detroit Lions - Nick Emmanwori, SAF, South Carolina​

29) Washington Commanders - James Pearce Jr., Edge, Tennessee​

James Pearce Jr. against South Carolina was a thing of beauty.

His explosiveness when attacking the OL usually is enough to win reps but then the inside swim is just icing on the cake at that point. pic.twitter.com/UEKbdinn31

— Andrew Harbaugh (@AndrewHarbaugh_) June 21, 2024

30) Buffalo Bills - Tyler Booker, G, Alabama​

31) Kansas City Chiefs - Colston Loveland, TE, Michigan​

32) Philadelphia Eagles - Luther Burden III, WR, Missouri​

This article originally appeared on Vikings Wire: Pro Football Focus simulator predicts round one of the 2025 NFL Draft

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