Vikings selected Tulane DE Ade Aruna with the No. 218 overall pick in the 2018 NFL draft.
Aruna (6’5/262) made 34 starts for the Green Wave, compiling 19 tackles for loss, 12 sacks, and three forced fumbles. Aruna managed two sacks as a senior as Tulane’s coaching staff oddly asked him to play 3-4 nose tackle. When used to penetrate upfield, Aruna showed impressive burst and freaky length. Aruna blew up the Combine with a 4.6-flat forty and explosive vertical (38 ½") and broad (10’8") jumps, testing as an 85th-percentile athlete. Long on traits but still learning the game as a Nigerian native who didn’t play football until his senior year in high school, Aruna profiles as a high-ceiling, low-floor project.
