2024'S MOCK DRAFT
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Draft Selections
Princely Umanmielen Head Shot
PICK: 30 RND: 1 (DAL)
Princely Umanmielen
DE-EDGE Florida
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 62 RND: 2 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (DAL)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami (FL)
Graham Mertz Head Shot
PICK: 126 RND: 4 (DAL)
Graham Mertz
QB Florida
KJ Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 158 RND: 5 (DAL)
KJ Jefferson
QB Arkansas
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Dominic Lovett Head Shot
PICK: 222 RND: 7 (DAL)
Dominic Lovett
WR Georgia
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cowboys: B-.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for KJ Jefferson. He came off 74 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

If one pick saves this weekend, it is Mertz. For all the activity, cornerback went untouched, which is hard to explain.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the cornerback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick30 Rnd1 Princely Umanmielen
In the 30th pick they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick62 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
Nice patience on Ashton Jeanty, who had no business lasting to the 62nd overall pick. It fills a real need, too.
Pick94 Rnd3 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo at pick 94 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick126 Rnd4 Graham Mertz
Graham Mertz at slot 126 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick158 Rnd5 KJ Jefferson
They reached into another round for KJ Jefferson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick190 Rnd6 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick222 Rnd7 Dominic Lovett
Dominic Lovett in pick No. 222 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.