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Draft Selections
LT Overton Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (DAL)
LT Overton
DE-EDGE Alabama
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (DAL)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Dani Dennis-Sutton Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (DAL)
Dani Dennis-Sutton
DE-EDGE Penn State
Zakee Wheatley Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (DAL)
Zakee Wheatley
S Penn State
Austin Romaine Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Austin Romaine
LB Kansas State
Aaron Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 6 (DAL)
Aaron Anderson
WR LSU
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB NeedC+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Wheatley fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Zakee Wheatley had no business being available in slot 113, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card.

Spending an early pick on edge rusher with cornerback, quarterback and other spots open is the decision the grade keeps circling back to. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain. They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick13 Rnd1 LT Overton
No drama and no debate, LT Overton went about where he belonged in pick 13. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick27 Rnd1 Dillon Thieneman
In No. 27 they get an enforcer at safety. Need was not the driver here.
Pick45 Rnd2 Dani Dennis-Sutton
Hard to square with the roster. With positions of obvious need still on the board, Dani Dennis-Sutton adds an edge rusher and leaves cornerback, quarterback and other spots untouched.
Pick113 Rnd4 Zakee Wheatley
The eyebrow-raiser of the weekend. They went safety with Zakee Wheatley while clear needs at cornerback, quarterback and other spots sat open.
Pick152 Rnd5 Austin Romaine
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Austin Romaine in the Round 5 slot, plain and simple. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick177 Rnd6 Aaron Anderson
They barely believed it either: Aaron Anderson still on the board at Round 6, Pick 1. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick216 Rnd6 DJ Campbell
They paid sticker price for DJ Campbell in the 216th overall pick, and that is fine. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.