The folks in Minnesota go to the source in trying to evaluate their fifth round choice in the draft. Not a lot of new information there, but I for one didn’t realize that

Scott Studwell, Vikings director of college scouting, played for the Vikings when Carroll was a linebackers coach here from 1985 to ‘89. They are very close personal friends, and you can bet Studwell knew everything good or bad about Booty before the Vikings drafted him.