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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Xavier Truss Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Xavier Truss
OT Georgia
Brashard Smith Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Brashard Smith
RB SMU
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys won the night they stopped Smith from sliding. Grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Brashard Smith, pick No. 248, roughly 148 picks past where he belonged.

They will need Griffith to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

On the needs board they went 5 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty in No. 12 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick44 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Nick Emmanwori in slot 44 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jihaad Campbell
Somehow Jihaad Campbell was still sitting there in Round 3, Pick 12, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick148 Rnd5 Quinshon Judkins
Taking Quinshon Judkins in the 148th pick is close to grand larceny; a running back that good had no business lasting this long. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick168 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the Round 5 slot is exactly on the number, no argument either way. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick170 Rnd5 CJ West
A swing that ignored the value entirely, CJ West well ahead of where he belonged. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick173 Rnd5 Connor Colby
A tidy little value on Connor Colby in pick No. 173, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick186 Rnd6 Thor Griffith
The board screamed and they did not listen, reaching into the next round for Thor Griffith. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick209 Rnd6 Xavier Truss
Xavier Truss at Round 6, Pick 34 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick248 Rnd7 Brashard Smith
A running back of that caliber at the 248th overall pick is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.