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Draft Selections
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (DAL)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Caleb Tiernan Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (DAL)
Caleb Tiernan
OT Northwestern
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (DAL)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Jake Golday Head Shot
PICK: 92 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jake Golday
OLB Cincinnati
Mikail Kamara Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Mikail Kamara
DE-EDGE Indiana
Zxavian Harris Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Zxavian Harris
DT Ole Miss
Ephesians Prysock Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (DAL)
Ephesians Prysock
CB Washington
Patrick Payton Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 5 (DAL)
Patrick Payton
DE-EDGE LSU
Eric McAlister Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (DAL)
Eric McAlister
WR TCU
VJ Payne Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (DAL)
VJ Payne
S Kansas State
Terion Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 218 RND: 7 (DAL)
Terion Stewart
RB Virginia Tech
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (DAL)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 6 RND: 1 (CLE)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
Caleb Tiernan Head Shot
PICK: 47 RND: 2 (IND)
Caleb Tiernan
OT Northwestern
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 75 RND: 3 (MIA)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Eric McAlister Head Shot
PICK: 189 RND: 6 (CIN)
Eric McAlister
WR TCU
VJ Payne Head Shot
PICK: 199 RND: 6 (CIN)
VJ Payne
S Kansas State
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CIN)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jordyn Tyson Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CLE)
Jordyn Tyson
WR Arizona State
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (CLE)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (LV)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players traded away
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Malik Hooker
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Terence Steele
OT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall D+
ValueC NeedB TradesF FutureC-
The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D+.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Cowboys spent No. 180 on Patrick Payton, a name most had 68 spots down the list. It grades a D+, and the process earned it.

The dealing is the wound this class cannot quite close. The Kamara pick is fine in a vacuum, less so with quarterback still on the board.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. Getting Golday where they did is the sort of value that quietly makes a class.

Spend now, pay later; the math only works if this class delivers.

Add it up and it is a weekend the front office will hope everyone forgets, quarterback very much included.

Pick Analysis
Pick6 Rnd1 Sonny Styles
In slot 6 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece, even if it was a touch early. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick47 Rnd2 Caleb Tiernan
A straight-up fair deal on Caleb Tiernan at the Round 2 slot, value and slot in agreement. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick75 Rnd3 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
Steal is underselling it; Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at No. 75 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick92 Rnd3 Jake Golday
They barely believed it either: Jake Golday still on the board at the 92nd pick. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick112 Rnd4 Mikail Kamara
A curious use of Round 4, Pick 12. Quarterback needed the pick; an edge rusher in Mikail Kamara did not.
Pick152 Rnd5 Zxavian Harris
By-the-book stuff, Zxavian Harris at the 152nd overall pick squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick177 Rnd5 Ephesians Prysock
A premium they did not need to pay, Ephesians Prysock a notch or two before his time. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick180 Rnd5 Patrick Payton
They reached into another round for Patrick Payton, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick189 Rnd6 Eric McAlister
Eric McAlister at the 189th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick199 Rnd6 VJ Payne
VJ Payne at pick No. 199 nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick218 Rnd7 Terion Stewart
Value said wait; Terion Stewart in No. 218 says they were not listening. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick226 Rnd7 Miles Kitselman
Miles Kitselman in Round 7, Pick 10 is fair value, right on his grade. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.