{"id":861908,"date":"2026-04-09T00:51:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861908\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T00:51:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T00:51:16","slug":"vikings-to-host-wr-cj-daniels-for-2026-nfl-draft-visit-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/861908\/","title":{"rendered":"Vikings to Host WR CJ Daniels for 2026 NFL Draft Visit: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<img width=\"780\" height=\"439\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-2265882180.jpg\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" alt=\"CJ Daniels\"   decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tGetty\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>NFL writer Arye Pulli reported the Minnesota Vikings are hosting wide receiver CJ Daniels on a pre-draft visit.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/minnesota-vikings\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Minnesota Vikings<\/a> will again feature a potential top wide receiver duo with <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/justin-jefferson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Justin Jefferson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/nfl\/player\/jordan-addison\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jordan Addison<\/a> next season. But that doesn\u2019t mean the Vikings won\u2019t add a receiver in the later rounds of the 2026 <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/\" title=\"NFL\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"219656\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NFL<\/a> Draft. Should that happen, Minnesota targeting a potential sleeper such as CJ Daniels could make a lot of sense.<\/p>\n<p>The Vikings are doing their research on Daniels two weeks ahead of the 2026 NFL Draft. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AryePulliNFL\/status\/2041988085823520857\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">NFL writer Arye Pulli reported<\/a> Wednesday the Vikings are hosting Daniels on a pre-draft visit.<\/p>\n<p>Pulli called the wideout a natural pass catcher and Day 3 sleeper.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDaniels, one of the most natural pass catchers in this class, will also visit the <a class=\"wpil_keyword_link\" href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/sports\/nfl\/miami-dolphins\/\" title=\"Dolphins\" data-wpil-keyword-link=\"linked\" data-wpil-monitor-id=\"219657\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dolphins<\/a> soon, a source says,\u201d wrote Pulli on X. \u201cHe is a legitimate Day 3 sleeper.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Vikings?src=hashtag_click\">#Vikings<\/a> are hosting Miami WR CJ Daniels on a pre-draft visit, sources tell me and <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JasonHarmonNFL\">@JasonHarmonNFL<\/a> for <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SleeperNFL\">@SleeperNFL<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Daniels, one of the most natural pass catchers in this class, will also visit the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow external\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Dolphins?src=hashtag_click\">#Dolphins<\/a> soon, a source says. He is a legitimate Day 3 sleeper. <\/p>\n<p>Last season for the Miami Hurricanes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/cj-daniels-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external nofollow\">Daniels posted<\/a> 50 receptions for 557 receiving yards and seven touchdowns. He did that while playing his first campaign for Miami.<\/p>\n<p>To begin his college career, Daniels spent four seasons at Liberty and one year at LSU.<\/p>\n<p>Over six college seasons, he amassed 198 receptions, 2,996 receiving yards and 28 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/dmholcomb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Holcomb<\/a> is a sports reporter covering the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers and a variety of other NFL teams. Originally from Pittsburgh, Holcomb has covered college and professional sports for outlets including FanSided, Rotowire and Yardbarker.  <a href=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/author\/dmholcomb\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">More about Dave Holcomb<\/a>\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore Heavy on Vikings\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tLoading more stories\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Getty NFL writer Arye Pulli reported the Minnesota Vikings are hosting wide receiver CJ Daniels on a pre-draft&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":861909,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2073],"tags":[7,233,259,2529,6,234],"class_list":{"0":"post-861908","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-minnesota-vikings","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-minnesota","10":"tag-minnesota-vikings","11":"tag-minnesotavikings","12":"tag-nfl","13":"tag-vikings"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861908","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=861908"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/861908\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/861909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=861908"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=861908"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=861908"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}