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Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DAL)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Caden Curry Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Caden Curry
DE Ohio State
Brenen Thompson Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Brenen Thompson
WR Mississippi State
Rayshaun Benny Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (DAL)
Rayshaun Benny
DL Michigan
Riley Mahlman Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (DAL)
Riley Mahlman
OT Wisconsin
Dijon Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DAL)
Dijon Johnson
CB Florida
PJ Williams Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
PJ Williams
OT SMU
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cowboys.

The Cowboys' one glaring miss is quarterback, a need they left exactly as they found it. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

The cost of the Mahlman reach is exactly the players who went right after him. They banked enough surplus on Curry to cover a lot of smaller sins.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In No. 12 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick20 Rnd1 Avieon Terrell
In slot 20 they get an island corner at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick112 Rnd4 Caden Curry
Caden Curry is a better player than the 112th overall pick suggests; smart patience, rewarded. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick150 Rnd5 Brenen Thompson
Brenen Thompson at pick 150 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick177 Rnd5 Rayshaun Benny
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Rayshaun Benny. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick215 Rnd6 Riley Mahlman
A conviction pick on Riley Mahlman at pick No. 215 that the board grades a round light. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick221 Rnd7 Dijon Johnson
By-the-book stuff, Dijon Johnson at the Round 7 slot squarely in line with his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick225 Rnd7 PJ Williams
They paid sticker price for PJ Williams in the 225th pick, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.