Vikings seven round 2019 NFL mock draft: Mid-February edition
By Adam Carlson
Round 3: Terry Beckner, Jr., DT – Missouri
With the chances of the Minnesota Vikings bringing back Sheldon Richardson or Tom Johnson being slim-to-none based on their salary cap situation, the team will have to look to the NFL Draft for a starter or possibly a backup or competition for the spot next to Linval Joseph.
Honestly, Beckner should be a second rounder at the latest based on his talent, but there are some reasons he could fall to the third round or later. He was caught with marijuana during a traffic stop in 2016 but it’s his injury history that could be a red flag.
He tore his ACL and MCL in the right knee in 2015 as well as his ACL in his left knee in 2016. However, his production during his 2017 and 2018 campaigns should help keep Beckner high on the list of defensive tackles for some teams.
In those two years, Beckner played all 26 games and registered 69 combined tackles, 22 tackles for a loss, 10.5 sacks, three pass defenses, and one interception. It’s all a matter of how much Minnesota is willing to roll the dice.