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Draft Selections
Kelvin Banks Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Kelvin Banks Jr.
OT Texas
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Jalen McLeod Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jalen McLeod
LB-EDGE Auburn
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Kaden Prather Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Kaden Prather
WR Maryland
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Shough fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Call it larceny. Tyler Shough sat on the board until the Round 6 slot, and the Cowboys did not need to be asked twice.

McLeod has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Kelvin Banks Jr.
In the Round 1 slot they get a blindside protector at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick44 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
A quiet steal in Round 2, Pick 12: Omarion Hampton for less than the market said. The roster fit checks out.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
The board had Jalen Royals higher than slot 76, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jalen McLeod
They reached into another round for Jalen McLeod, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick170 Rnd5 Quincy Riley
A market-rate cornerback, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Quincy Riley. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick172 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
JJ Pegues at the 172nd pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick174 Rnd5 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
KeAndre Lambert-Smith at pick 174 is a conviction pick that outran the value. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick190 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
A tidy bit of business in pick No. 190, where Jaylen Reed graded well above the range. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick211 Rnd6 Tyler Shough
Tyler Shough at No. 211 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick249 Rnd7 Kaden Prather
The board had cheaper options than Kaden Prather at the Round 7 slot, and it noticed. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.