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Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (DAL)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Kiran Amegadjie Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kiran Amegadjie
OT Yale
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (DAL)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Michael Hall Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Michael Hall Jr.
DT Ohio State
James Williams Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
James Williams
S Miami (FL)
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (DAL)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Myles Jones Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Myles Jones
CB Duke
Xavier Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Xavier Thomas
DE-EDGE Clemson
DeMonte Capehart Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
DeMonte Capehart
DT Clemson
Draft Picks Received
Quinyon Mitchell Head Shot
PICK: 35 RND: 2 (ARI)
Quinyon Mitchell
CB Toledo
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (CAR)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (ARI)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Ainias Smith Head Shot
PICK: 136 RND: 4 (NO)
Ainias Smith
WR Texas A&M
Roger Rosengarten Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (NO)
Roger Rosengarten
OT Washington
Draft Picks Traded
Dallas Turner Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (ARI)
Dallas Turner
LB-EDGE Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIA)
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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueC+ NeedB+ TradesA FutureC
More right than wrong for the Cowboys, and a B to prove it.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Xavier Thomas. He came off 34 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

That is a wide receiver worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback.

They went 6 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick35 Rnd2 Quinyon Mitchell
Quinyon Mitchell at the 35th overall pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kiran Amegadjie
Fair-plus on Kiran Amegadjie, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick65 Rnd3 Trey Benson
No drama and no debate, Trey Benson went about where he belonged in pick 65. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick66 Rnd3 Payton Wilson
A market-rate linebacker, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Payton Wilson. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick87 Rnd3 Michael Hall Jr.
They took Michael Hall Jr. at par in slot 87, which is nothing to complain about. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick124 Rnd4 James Williams
They paid sticker price for James Williams in No. 124, and that is fine. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick136 Rnd4 Ainias Smith
Ainias Smith at pick 136 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick152 Rnd5 Roger Rosengarten
They reached into another round for Roger Rosengarten, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick174 Rnd5 Myles Jones
Myles Jones at the 174th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick212 Rnd6 Xavier Thomas
Xavier Thomas in slot 212 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick245 Rnd7 DeMonte Capehart
A wild overpay on DeMonte Capehart in the Round 7 slot, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.