{"id":244159,"date":"2026-04-24T02:26:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:26:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244159\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T02:26:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T02:26:08","slug":"vikings-draft-results-2026-caleb-banks-dt-florida-stats-awards-scouting-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/244159\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings draft results 2026: Caleb Banks, DT, Florida stats, awards, scouting report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Vikings snagged a very big, very strong defensive tackle with the 18th overall pick in the 2026 draft with Caleb Banks out of Florida. Here\u2019s everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">What the Vikings are getting:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Massive interior defender with elite length and measurables that do not grow on trees. That length paired with an explosive first step allows Banks to get into the chest of linemen suddenly and violently where he\u2019s able to control the action from the jump. Banks plays with good pad level for his height and delivers real knockback power. However, his motor burns hot and dies fast if he does not win within the first few moments following the snap. Second wave rush attempts and cleanup sacks won\u2019t be abundant. Still, a team will be banking on dominant traits that could lead to a number of plays being snuffed out before they ever begin.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Athletic Testing\/Measurables<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Vikings snagged a very big, very strong defensive tackle with the 18th overall pick in the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":244160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[28,30,29,107614],"class_list":{"0":"post-244159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-florida","8":"tag-florida","9":"tag-florida-headlines","10":"tag-florida-news","11":"tag-minnesota-vikings-draft"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=244159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/244159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/244160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=244159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=244159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=244159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}