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Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
T'Vondre Sweat Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
T'Vondre Sweat
DL Texas
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (DAL)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Myles Cole Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Myles Cole
DE-EDGE Texas Tech
Jordan Whittington Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jordan Whittington
WR Texas
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (DAL)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Draft Picks Received
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 129 RND: 4 (KC)
Austin Booker
DL-EDGE Kansas
Walter Rouse Head Shot
PICK: 250 RND: 7 (KC)
Walter Rouse
OT Oklahoma
Draft Picks Traded
Isaiah Adams Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (KC)
Isaiah Adams
OT Illinois
Miyan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (BAL)
Miyan Williams
RB Ohio State
Players Gained
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Bravvion Roy
DT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Cowboys: B-.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Cowboys started one anyway for Myles Cole, 73 picks ahead of schedule. No fireworks, but a solid B-.

The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. Landing Wilson that late papers over a lot of smaller sins.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In the 24th overall pick they get a cornerstone up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 T'Vondre Sweat
T'Vondre Sweat in pick 56 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The roster fit checks out.
Pick87 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Payton Wilson at the 87th pick is the proof. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick129 Rnd4 Austin Booker
They talked themselves into Austin Booker at the Round 4 slot, and the board did not agree. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick174 Rnd5 Myles Cole
Myles Cole at slot 174 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jordan Whittington
Jordan Whittington in Round 7, Pick 25 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick250 Rnd7 Walter Rouse
A straight-up fair deal on Walter Rouse at the 250th overall pick, value and slot in agreement. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.