James Lynch, a defensive tackle out of Baylor, said he told his agent at the combine that Minnesota was a team he wanted to go to.
In the fourth round, Lynch got a team he wanted. He ended up getting drafted by the Vikings at No. 130 overall.
“Whenever Minnesota came on the clock, I got that call and obviously I kind of went crazy because that was one of the teams that, really the team that I was excited to go to,” Lynch told KMSP-TV. “I told my agent that as soon as I met with them at the combine.”
Now, Lynch has a chance to compete for a spot on the Vikings’ interior defensive line. Linval Joseph left in the offseason, and the team added Michael Pierce in free agency, but Minnesota has looked inconsistent at that position group at times, so I could see them playing a reserve like Lynch.
