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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ARI)
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Draft Picks Traded
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (ARI)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (BUF)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (ARI)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Brandon Adams Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (ARI)
Brandon Adams
CB UCF
Ben Yurosek Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (ARI)
Ben Yurosek
TE Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ATL)
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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureD
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Johnson: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Tez Johnson, slot 168, roughly 75 picks past where he belonged. More right than wrong, and a B to match.

The dealing alone would carry a lesser class. The offensive lineman spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. It is a win-now wager, and the future is the stake.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick4 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In Round 1, Pick 4 they get a sticky cover corner at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick12 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 12th pick they get a workhorse for the backfield, and a steal at that. A real need, handled.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jalon Walker
Jalon Walker in the Round 2 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick76 Rnd3 Malachi Moore
A clean, defensible pick in pick 76 with a little surplus value in Malachi Moore. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick148 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at the 148th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick168 Rnd5 Tez Johnson
They robbed the room for Tez Johnson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.