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Draft Selections
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (DAL)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Draft Picks Received
Will Howard Head Shot
PICK: 90 RND: 3 (LAR)
Will Howard
QB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (LAR)
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Draft Picks Traded
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (LAR)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Players Gained
Head Shot
Puka Nacua
WR
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Cowboys let Dotson fall into their laps, and walked away with a B+.

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Mello Dotson, the No. 140 name on the board, sitting there at the 211th pick like a gift left on the doorstep. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

West has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. The trade ledger is the best part of the whole weekend.

The Puka Nacua deal gives the class an established piece to lean on.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In No. 12 they get an anchor for the defensive front, and a steal at that.
Pick44 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
They let Omarion Hampton come to them and pounced at Round 2, Pick 12. The roster fit checks out.
Pick90 Rnd3 Will Howard
Will Howard in pick 90 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick150 Rnd5 Cody Simon
A quiet steal in the Round 5 slot: Cody Simon for less than the market said. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick170 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They went early on Dont'e Thornton Jr. in slot 170, and the value did not follow. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick172 Rnd5 CJ West
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for CJ West. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick174 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
Somehow Lathan Ransom was still sitting there in the 174th pick, and they pounced on premier safety value. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick190 Rnd6 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at the 190th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick211 Rnd6 Mello Dotson
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Mello Dotson in pick 211, plain and simple. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick249 Rnd7 Hayden Conner
You do not let an offensive lineman like Hayden Conner reach the Round 7 slot and blink. They did not. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.