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Draft Selections
Jermod McCoy Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jermod McCoy
CB Tennessee
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 25 RND: 1 (DAL)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Zachariah Branch Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Zachariah Branch
WR Georgia
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
DJ Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (DAL)
DJ Campbell
OG Texas
Barion Brown Head Shot
PICK: 217 RND: 7 (DAL)
Barion Brown
WR LSU
Fernando Carmona Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (DAL)
Fernando Carmona
OT Arkansas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
No fireworks, just a tidy B- for the Cowboys.

The Fernando Carmona selection is the head-turner. The Cowboys reached 32 spots for him, and it will define how this weekend is remembered. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B-.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. They went 4 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Jermod McCoy
In the 12th overall pick they get an island corner. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick25 Rnd1 David Bailey
In Round 1, Pick 25 they get a problem off the edge, reach and all. Need was not the driver here.
Pick112 Rnd4 Zachariah Branch
They paid sticker price for Zachariah Branch in No. 112, and that is fine. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick152 Rnd5 Jacob Rodriguez
Jacob Rodriguez in the 152nd pick is exactly on the number, no argument either way. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick177 Rnd5 DJ Campbell
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on DJ Campbell. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick217 Rnd7 Barion Brown
They left a pile of value on the table to take Barion Brown this early at the Round 7 slot. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick231 Rnd7 Fernando Carmona
Fernando Carmona at the Round 7 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.