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Draft Selections
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (DAL)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (DAL)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Edgerrin Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Edgerrin Cooper
LB Texas A&M
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (DAL)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (DAL)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DAL)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Eyabi Okie-Anoma Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Eyabi Okie-Anoma
DL-EDGE Charlotte
Evan Williams Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Evan Williams
S Oregon
Steele Chambers Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Steele Chambers
LB Ohio State
Frank Gore Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Frank Gore Jr.
RB Southern Miss
Draft Picks Received
Troy Fautanu Head Shot
PICK: 28 RND: 1 (BUF)
Troy Fautanu
OT Washington
Graham Barton Head Shot
PICK: 32 RND: 1 (KC)
Graham Barton
OT Duke
Ja'Lynn Polk Head Shot
PICK: 95 RND: 3 (KC)
Ja'Lynn Polk
WR Washington
Caelen Carson Head Shot
PICK: 128 RND: 4 (BUF)
Caelen Carson
CB Wake Forest
Beaux Limmer Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (BUF)
Beaux Limmer
C Arkansas
Jordan Jefferson Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (KC)
Jordan Jefferson
DT LSU
Draft Picks Traded
Austin Booker Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (BUF)
Austin Booker
DE-EDGE Kansas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB-
The Cowboys worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

The Cowboys treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 174th overall pick on Eyabi Okie-Anoma a full 110 spots early. Call it a sensible B+, earned the boring way.

The Carson value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.

They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Bottom line, more hits than misses and a roster nudged the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick28 Rnd1 Troy Fautanu
In slot 28 they get an anchor for the offensive line at fair value. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick32 Rnd1 Graham Barton
In pick No. 32 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 Edgerrin Cooper
Edgerrin Cooper in Round 2, Pick 24 lands just on the right side of the ledger. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick87 Rnd3 Trey Benson
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Trey Benson. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick95 Rnd3 Ja'Lynn Polk
Ja'Lynn Polk in pick 95 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick128 Rnd4 Caelen Carson
They robbed the room for Caelen Carson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick134 Rnd4 Beaux Limmer
Beaux Limmer in the 134th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick159 Rnd5 Jordan Jefferson
They reached a country mile for Jordan Jefferson at slot 159, and the board is aghast. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick174 Rnd5 Eyabi Okie-Anoma
Eyabi Okie-Anoma at the 174th pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick216 Rnd6 Evan Williams
No drama and no debate, Evan Williams went about where he belonged in pick No. 216. A minor itch, scratched.
Pick233 Rnd7 Steele Chambers
Taking Steele Chambers in pick 233 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick244 Rnd7 Frank Gore Jr.
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Frank Gore Jr. at Round 7, Pick 24. It patches a soft spot without any drama.