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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Tosh Baker Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tosh Baker
OT Notre Dame
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Upton Stout Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Upton Stout
S Western Kentucky
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cowboys: B.

The Cowboys spent real capital to be 169 picks early on Jasheen Davis, and the board is going to hold them to it. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

On value alone, Bowman Jr. makes the weekend a net positive. The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

In short, they left a little better than they arrived, which is the whole idea.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the Round 1 slot they get a featured back at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick44 Rnd2 Tyler Warren
They robbed the room for Tyler Warren here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Jalen Royals at Round 3, Pick 12 is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick150 Rnd5 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Demetrius Knight Jr. at slot 150 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick170 Rnd5 Howard Cross III
A clean, defensible pick in the 170th pick with a little surplus value in Howard Cross III. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick172 Rnd5 Tyler Cooper
Tyler Cooper at pick No. 172 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick174 Rnd5 Tosh Baker
Tosh Baker at the Round 5 slot is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick190 Rnd6 Jasheen Davis
They reached a country mile for Jasheen Davis at slot 190, and the board is aghast. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick211 Rnd6 Billy Bowman Jr.
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Billy Bowman Jr. in the 211th pick, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick249 Rnd7 Upton Stout
They will replay Upton Stout at Round 7, Pick 31 for years; that is how good the value is. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.