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Draft Selections
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (DAL)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Cam Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Cam Jackson
DT Florida
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (DAL)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Jabbar Muhammad Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jabbar Muhammad
CB Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (IND)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Draft Picks Traded
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall C
ValueB NeedB+ TradesF FutureB-
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Rourke: C.

The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Kurtis Rourke, the No. 140 name on the board, in No. 171.

The trade table is where this weekend went wrong. The Jackson reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want.

If Emeka Egbuka and a couple of the gambles land, hindsight will be kinder than this grade.

Pick Analysis
Pick44 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka at the Round 2 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick76 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Quinshon Judkins slid further than he should have, and No. 76 is lovely value for the running back. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick149 Rnd5 Dorian Strong
Taking Dorian Strong in Round 5, Pick 11 is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick151 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
They let Hollin Pierce come to them and pounced at the 151st pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick171 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke at pick No. 171 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The roster fit checks out.
Pick174 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
O'Donnell Fortune in slot 174 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick204 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
A straight-up fair deal on Jay Higgins at the 204th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick211 Rnd6 Cam Jackson
Cam Jackson at pick 211 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick239 Rnd7 Carson Vinson
Carson Vinson slipping to pick 239 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jabbar Muhammad
A quiet steal in pick No. 247: Jabbar Muhammad for less than the market said. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.