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Draft Selections
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Trevin Wallace Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trevin Wallace
LB Kentucky
Cody Schrader Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cody Schrader
RB Missouri
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Johnny Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Johnny Dixon
CB Penn State
Ryan Flournoy Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ryan Flournoy
WR Southeast Missouri State
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueC NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cowboys: B-.

You can hear the double-takes from here. The Cowboys took Trevin Wallace at pick No. 87, roughly 146 spots before his name belonged.

Getting Dixon where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class. That quarterback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Graham Barton
In the Round 1 slot they get a cornerstone up front. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
A straight-up fair deal on Zach Frazier at pick 56, value and slot in agreement. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick87 Rnd3 Trevin Wallace
Trevin Wallace in the 87th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick174 Rnd5 Cody Schrader
They paid sticker price for Cody Schrader in pick No. 174, and that is fine. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick216 Rnd6 Gabe Hall
Gabe Hall at slot 216 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick233 Rnd7 Johnny Dixon
They robbed the room for Johnny Dixon here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick244 Rnd7 Ryan Flournoy
You do not let a wide receiver like Ryan Flournoy reach No. 244 and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.