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Draft Selections
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Tate Ratledge Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Tate Ratledge
OG Georgia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Devin Neal Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Devin Neal
RB Kansas
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Grand theft in pick No. 168: the Cowboys steal Neal and grade out a B.

The Cowboys did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Devin Neal fell into the 168th pick. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks at pick No. 12 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick44 Rnd2 Tate Ratledge
A slide stopped in the 44th overall pick, with Tate Ratledge worth more than the price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jihaad Campbell in pick 76, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick148 Rnd5 Cam Skattebo
They robbed the room for Cam Skattebo here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The roster fit checks out.
Pick168 Rnd5 Devin Neal
You do not let a running back like Devin Neal reach the 168th pick and blink. They did not. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick170 Rnd5 Smael Mondon Jr.
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to slot 170, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick173 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They did well to land Dont'e Thornton Jr. in Round 5, Pick 36, just ahead of his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick186 Rnd6 Connor Colby
They will replay Connor Colby at No. 186 for years; that is how good the value is. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick209 Rnd6 Terrance Ferguson
Terrance Ferguson in slot 209 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick248 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
They barely believed it either: Jack Kiser still on the board at the 248th pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.