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bbg'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON MAR 11, 2026

2026 cowboys rebuild

  • bbg DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cowboys
Draft Selections
Mansoor Delane Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mansoor Delane
CB LSU
CJ Allen Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (DAL)
CJ Allen
LB Georgia
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (DAL)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (DAL)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Jalen Stroman Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jalen Stroman
S Notre Dame
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (DAL)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Red Murdock Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 5 (DAL)
Red Murdock
LB Buffalo
Eric McAlister Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DAL)
Eric McAlister
WR TCU
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
CJ Allen Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (CLE)
CJ Allen
LB Georgia
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (CLE)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Kaytron Allen Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (DET)
Kaytron Allen
RB Penn State
Draft Picks Traded
Jordyn Tyson Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (CLE)
Jordyn Tyson
WR Arizona State
Players traded away
Head Shot
Joe Milton III
QB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall C+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesD FutureB-
McAlister should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a C+.

The rest of the league will want that one back. Eric McAlister tumbling to the Cowboys in No. 221 is a gift they did not have to think twice about.

They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. Leaving offensive lineman unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

They are betting Stroman proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

Hit on Mansoor Delane and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Mansoor Delane
In the Round 1 slot they get an island corner at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick39 Rnd2 CJ Allen
CJ Allen at pick 39 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick70 Rnd3 A.J. Haulcy
A safety of that caliber at slot 70 is the definition of value, full stop. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick112 Rnd4 Harold Perkins Jr.
Harold Perkins Jr. in the 112th overall pick is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick128 Rnd4 Kaytron Allen
A reach for Kaytron Allen in pick No. 128; a little patience would have been rewarded. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick152 Rnd5 Jalen Stroman
Jalen Stroman in Round 5, Pick 12 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick177 Rnd5 Zane Durant
Zane Durant at No. 177 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick180 Rnd5 Red Murdock
No drama and no debate, Red Murdock went about where he belonged in the 180th pick. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick221 Rnd7 Eric McAlister
They robbed the room for Eric McAlister here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick225 Rnd7 Miles Kitselman
By-the-book stuff, Miles Kitselman at pick No. 225 squarely in line with his ranking. It fills a real need, too.