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Draft Selections
Caleb Banks Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Caleb Banks
DE Florida
Anthony Hill Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DAL)
Anthony Hill Jr.
LB Texas
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (DAL)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (DAL)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Kenyatta Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Charles Jagusah Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Charles Jagusah
OG Notre Dame
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (DAL)
Patrick Payton
DL-EDGE LSU
Bud Clark Head Shot
PICK: 178 RND: 5 (DAL)
Bud Clark
S TCU
Luke Altmyer Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (DAL)
Luke Altmyer
QB Illinois
J. Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DAL)
J. Michael Sturdivant
WR Florida
Jordan Hall Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jordan Hall
DL Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 40 RND: 2 (KC)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (MIA)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Kenyatta Jackson Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (MIA)
Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
DE-EDGE Ohio State
Players traded away
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Dante Fowler Jr.
DE
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Donovan Wilson
S
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Jalen Tolbert
WR
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Kaiir Elam
CB
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Kenneth Murray Jr.
LB
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Kenny Clark
DT
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Malik Hooker
S
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Terence Steele
OT
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Will Grier
QB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall F
ValueC NeedB- TradesF FutureB-
The Cowboys overdrafted Payton and paid the price. Grade: F.

There was a run on nobody at that position, and the Cowboys started one anyway for Patrick Payton, 55 picks ahead of schedule.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. It is not that Jackson Jr. is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first. The cornerback hole is the one line item this class does not answer.

Getting Haulcy where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

In the end, a class that has to defy its grades just to matter.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Caleb Banks
In the Round 1 slot they get a disruptor off the edge, though they paid up to get him. More want than need.
Pick20 Rnd1 Anthony Hill Jr.
In pick No. 20 they get a green-dot type in the middle, even if it was a touch early. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick40 Rnd2 Sonny Styles
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Sonny Styles. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick75 Rnd3 A.J. Haulcy
A.J. Haulcy slipping to the 75th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick87 Rnd3 Kenyatta Jackson Jr.
A want over a need in Round 3, Pick 23: Kenyatta Jackson Jr. adds an edge rusher while cornerback, running back and other spots keeps waiting.
Pick112 Rnd4 Charles Jagusah
A reach for Charles Jagusah in slot 112; a little patience would have been rewarded. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick151 Rnd5 Patrick Payton
Patrick Payton at pick 151 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
Pick178 Rnd5 Bud Clark
By-the-book stuff, Bud Clark at Round 5, Pick 39 squarely in line with his ranking. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick215 Rnd6 Luke Altmyer
Luke Altmyer slid further than he should have, and the Round 6 slot is lovely value for the quarterback. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick221 Rnd7 J. Michael Sturdivant
J. Michael Sturdivant in slot 221 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick225 Rnd7 Jordan Hall
They reached into another round for Jordan Hall, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A need, and now a little less of one.