1974 Minnesota Vikings season
1974 Draft

1974 Minnesota Vikings season

Section Title: 1974 Draft
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1974 Minnesota Vikings Draft

Draft order	Player name	Position	College	Notes

Round	Choice	Overall

1	17	17	Fred McNeill	Linebacker	UCLA	from Falcons

25	25	Steve Riley	Offensive Tackle	USC

2	3	29	John Holland	Wide Receiver	Tennessee State	from Chargers

25	51	Matt Blair	Linebacker	Iowa State

3	12	64	Steve Craig	Tight End	Northwestern	from Packers via Chargers

25	77	Scott Anderson	Center	Missouri

4	8	86	Mike Townsend	Defensive Back	Notre Dame	from Saints

25	103	Traded to the Cincinnati Bengals

5	16	120	Jim Ferguson	Defensive Back	Stanford	from Broncos

24	128	Traded to the Philadelphia Eagles	from Rams

25	129	Traded to the Baltimore Colts

6	25	155	Mark Kellar	Running Back	Northern Illinois

7	25	181	Fred Tabron	Running Back	Southwest Missouri State

8	25	207	Berl Simmons	Kicker	Texas Christian

9	24	232	Sam McCullum	Wide Receiver	Montana State

10	25	259	Barry Reed	Running Back	Peru State

11	25	285	Dave Boone	Defensive End	Eastern Michigan

12	25	311	Randy Polti	Defensive Back	Stanford

13	25	337	Gary Keller	Defensive Tackle	Utah

14	25	363	Alan Dixon	Running Back	Harding

15	25	389	Kurt Wachtler	Defensive Tackle	St. John's

16	25	415	John Goebel	Running Back	St. Thomas

17	25	441	Earl Garrett	Defensive Back	Boston State

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Minnesota traded their 5th round selection (129th overall) to Baltimore.

final_sentence: Minnesota traded their 5th round selection (129th overall) to Baltimore.