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Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Cedric Gray Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Cedric Gray
LB North Carolina
DJ James Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
DJ James
CB Auburn
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Picks Received
Kool-Aid McKinstry Head Shot
PICK: 39 RND: 2 (NYG)
Kool-Aid McKinstry
CB Alabama
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 70 RND: 3 (NYG)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (NYG)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (NYG)
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Draft Picks Traded
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (NYG)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB+ NeedA- TradesB- FutureB
The Cowboys won the night they stopped James from sliding. Grade: B.

This is the pick they will still be bragging about in July: DJ James, the No. 113 name on the board, stolen at Round 5, Pick 38. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up. They are betting Gray proves the room right and everyone else wrong.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick39 Rnd2 Kool-Aid McKinstry
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Kool-Aid McKinstry in the Round 2 slot, plain and simple. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick56 Rnd2 Xavier Worthy
The board had Xavier Worthy higher than pick 56, and the wide receiver fell to them anyway. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick70 Rnd3 Trey Benson
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick87 Rnd3 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper at No. 87 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick124 Rnd4 Cedric Gray
They liked Cedric Gray enough to skip the value, taking him in the 124th pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick174 Rnd5 DJ James
Taking DJ James in the 174th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a cornerback that good had no business lasting this long. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick212 Rnd6 Christian Jones
Christian Jones at pick No. 212 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick245 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus in slot 245 lands just on the right side of the ledger. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.