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Draft Selections
James Pearce Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
James Pearce Jr.
DE-EDGE Tennessee
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Darius Alexander Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Darius Alexander
DT Toledo
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
RJ Harvey Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
RJ Harvey
RB UCF
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
Torricelli Simpkins III Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Torricelli Simpkins III
OG South Carolina
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Nothing loud, just a tidy B- for the Cowboys.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cowboys took Quinn Ewers a full 48 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

However the rest shakes out, Alexander at that price is a win they earned. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 James Pearce Jr.
In No. 12 they get juice off the edge. Need was not the driver here.
Pick44 Rnd2 Quinn Ewers
They talked themselves into Quinn Ewers at pick No. 44, and the board did not agree. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick76 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Quinshon Judkins in the 76th pick. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick150 Rnd5 Tory Horton
You do not let a wide receiver like Tory Horton reach pick 150 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick170 Rnd5 Darius Alexander
Darius Alexander at slot 170 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick172 Rnd5 Kobe King
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Kobe King in the Round 5 slot, plain and simple. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick174 Rnd5 RJ Harvey
They let RJ Harvey come to them and pounced at pick 174. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick190 Rnd6 Nazir Stackhouse
A straight-up fair deal on Nazir Stackhouse at Round 6, Pick 12, value and slot in agreement. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick211 Rnd6 Alijah Huzzie
Alijah Huzzie at the 211th overall pick is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick249 Rnd7 Torricelli Simpkins III
Torricelli Simpkins III at pick No. 249 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.