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Draft Selections
Matthew Golden Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Matthew Golden
WR Texas
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Thor Griffith Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Thor Griffith
DL Louisville
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Cowboys spent Round 5, Pick 35 on Barryn Sorrell, a name most had 138 spots down the list. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

That is a cornerback worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped quarterback, which is a strange place to end up.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Matthew Golden
Matthew Golden in Round 1, Pick 12 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
A reasonable price with a little left over, Jihaad Campbell in pick 44. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick76 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
They let Dylan Sampson come to them and pounced at pick No. 76. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick150 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
Somehow Hollin Pierce was still sitting there in the Round 5 slot, and they pounced on premier offensive lineman value. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick170 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
Mello Dotson in the 170th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick172 Rnd5 JJ Pegues
By-the-book stuff, JJ Pegues at slot 172 squarely in line with his ranking. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick174 Rnd5 Barryn Sorrell
They left a pile of value on the table to take Barryn Sorrell this early at pick 174. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick190 Rnd6 Ajani Cornelius
They will replay Ajani Cornelius at slot 190 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick211 Rnd6 Clay Webb
Clay Webb at pick No. 211 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick249 Rnd7 Thor Griffith
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Thor Griffith well ahead of where he belonged. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.