Safety was going to be one of the Vikings' biggest needs on Day 2 of the draft until General Manager Rick Spielman traded the team's second-round pick (35th overall) and one of their four fourth-rounders (95th overall) to Baltimore to move up to the 28th pick and select Notre Dame safety Harrison Smith.
Smith, a 6-2, 213-pounder, had been considered a second-rounder who might climb into the bottom of the first round, which he did. He also fills a huge need for a Vikings team that had only three safeties on the roster, including Eric Frampton, who's strictly a special teams guy.
Smith will likely start immediately alongside Mistral Raymond. Considering the lack of depth at the position, don't rule out possibly re-signing Husain Abdullah. The Vikings had an offer on the table for Abdullah.
