Vikings: Waynes ‘everything that we were looking for’

Posted on May 1, 2015 by Ed Itor in Charboneau

Michigan State went more than 50 years without a defensive back being taken in the first round of the NFL Draft before Darqueze Dennard went 24th overall last season to Cincinnati.

On Thursday night in Chicago, Trae Waynes made sure the wait for another would be brief.

The Michigan State cornerback, who was a second-team All-American in 2014 and was a Thorpe Award semifinalist, went No. 11 overall to the Minnesota Vikings in the 2015 NFL draft. - Read more at DetNews.com