Vikings select LSU defensive back Jay Ward after another swap of picks

Alabama running back Jahmyr Gibbs, right, is tackled by LSU safety Jay Ward (5) during a game in November.On Friday night, the Vikings traded back in the third round and took a defensive back at the end of it. They did the same in the fourth round on Saturday.

They made LSU's Jay Ward the 134th overall pick in the draft, after trading back 15 spots and picking up a 2024 fifth-rounder from Kansas City in the deal. In Ward, they'll get an aggressive safety who also played cornerback and nickel in college and could end up doing so for the Vikings.

At LSU, Ward played for Vikings defensive backs coach Daronte Jones, who spent the 2021 season as the Tigers' defensive coordinator in between stints…