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Breaking Down Jayln Holmes

The Vikings drafted DL Jayln Holmes with the second pick in the fourth round, moving down and out of the third round prior to doing so.

Holmes was something of an unheralded prospect, kind of lost among a host of other higher profile defensive linemen at Ohio State like the Bosa brothers, Sam Hubbard, and Tyquan Lewis. But Holmes quietly put together a steadily improving body of work at OSU, if not impressive sack totals, given he wasn’t a starter until his senior year and there were some other good pass rushers along the defensive line with him.