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Kellen Mond’s dad reveals another team wanted to draft star QB before Vikings took him at No. 66
By Adam Spencer
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The Minnesota Vikings took Texas A&M QB Kellen Mond with the No. 66 overall pick in the 2021 NFL Draft — the second pick of the third round.
Now, Mond will back up Minnesota starter Kirk Cousins, but could eventually take over as the starter in a couple of years.
However, it seems a team much closer to College Station was ready to take Mond before the Vikings swooped in. Per Chris Tomasson of TwinCities.com, Mond’s dad said the Houston Texans were ready to take Mond at No. 67 overall:
#Vikings drafted QB Kellen Mond at No. 66, one pick before Houston Texans apparently wanted him at 67. "The Texans had already told his agent they're getting ready to take (Mond) at pick 67,'' said Mond's father Kevin. Texans then took QB Davis Mills at 67https://t.co/mH4xjlC1i4
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) June 8, 2021
“(There was a) phone call from his agent, text message, and the agent said, ‘Hey, the Houston Texans are getting ready to select (Mond) at pick 67,’ ” Mond’s father, Kevin, said in the TwinCities.com article. “So, we’re sitting (at the San Antonio family home) on the couch and (Mond) gets the phone call a couple of minutes later and it’s a team.
“Then, when he hung up the phone, he goes, ‘I’m going to the Vikings.’ The Texans had already told his agent they’re getting ready to take him at pick 67. The Vikings happened to have the pick 66.”
Mond would have a quicker path to start in Houston, but he’ll have more time to develop in Minnesota. Meanwhile, the Texans drafted Stanford’s Davis Mills with the 67th pick.
Adam is a daily fantasy sports (DFS) and sports betting expert. A 2012 graduate of the University of Missouri, Adam now covers all 14 SEC football teams. He is the director of DFS, evergreen and newsletter content across all Saturday Football brands.
