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The Minnesota Vikings drafted 13 players in the 1961 NFL draft. Of the 13 players selected 6 played offense, 6 played defense and 1 played special teams. The players drafted were Tommy Mason a RB drafted in round 1 out of Tulane, Rip Hawkins a LB drafted in round 2 out of North Carolina, Fran Tarkenton a QB drafted in round 3 out of Georgia, Chuck Lamson a DB drafted in round 4 out of Wyoming, Ed Sharockman a DB drafted in round 5 out of Pittsburgh, Paul Lindquist a DL drafted in round 8 out of New Hampshire, Doug Mayberry a RB drafted in round 10 out of Utah State, Steve Stonebreaker a LB drafted in round 12 out of Detroit, Ray Hayes a RB drafted in round 13 out of Central Oklahoma, Ken Petersen a OL drafted in round 14 out of Utah, Mike Mercer a K drafted in round 15 out of Arizona State, Willie Jones a RB drafted in round 17 out of Purdue and Bob Voight a DL drafted in round 18 out of Los Angeles State. View all of the players selected in the 1961 Vikings NFL Draft.
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