Jaybee3'S MOCK DRAFT
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Jaybee3'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON JAN 23, 2026

Cowboys draft

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Draft Selections
Mansoor Delane Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mansoor Delane
CB LSU
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DAL)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (DAL)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Jalon Kilgore Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jalon Kilgore
S South Carolina
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Roman Hemby Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (DAL)
Roman Hemby
RB Indiana
Jordan Hall Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jordan Hall
DL Georgia
Kamran James Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DAL)
Kamran James
DE-EDGE Florida
PJ Williams Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
PJ Williams
OT SMU
Draft Picks Received
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren Head Shot
PICK: 53 RND: 2 (PIT)
Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
S Toledo
Harold Perkins Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (PIT)
Harold Perkins Jr.
LB LSU
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureD
The Cowboys turned the phones into found money: B.

The Cowboys bet big and early on Roman Hemby, 91 picks ahead of the board. Bold does not always mean right.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. It is not that Kilgore is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped wide receiver, which is a strange place to end up.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Mansoor Delane
In pick 12 they get a press-man option on the boundary. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick20 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In pick No. 20 they get a sideline-to-sideline linebacker, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick53 Rnd2 Emmanuel McNeil-Warren
The board had cheaper options than Emmanuel McNeil-Warren at slot 53, and it noticed. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick76 Rnd3 Harold Perkins Jr.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Harold Perkins Jr. well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick112 Rnd4 Jalon Kilgore
They bypassed pressing needs at wide receiver, quarterback and other spots to take Jalon Kilgore, a safety that was not the priority.
Pick150 Rnd5 DJ Campbell
A conviction pick on DJ Campbell at No. 150 that the board grades a round light. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick177 Rnd5 Roman Hemby
Roman Hemby in pick 177 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick215 Rnd6 Jordan Hall
They reached into another round for Jordan Hall, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick221 Rnd7 Kamran James
Kamran James at pick No. 221 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick225 Rnd7 PJ Williams
PJ Williams at Round 7, Pick 9 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.