Veteran Harrison Smith decided to return for his 14th season, but the Vikings need to start grooming Smith’s heir apparent. Emmanwori is regarded as the top safety in the draft. His 88 tackles led South Carolina last season. He also produced four interceptions.

B/R's NFL Scouting Department ranked him as the No. 3 signal-caller behind only Cam Ward and Shedeur Sanders in its latest big board of prospects. That would make him the headliner from the group behind Ward and Sanders that includes Will Howard, Jalen Milroe, Quinn Ewers, Tyler Shough and Kyle McCord.

If Dart is a first-round selection next Thursday, he would join Wilson and Jim McMahon, the former BYU star who prepped at Roy High, as just the third Utah native taken in the first round of the NFL draft. McMahon was taken fifth overall by the Chicago Bears in the 1982 draft.