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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Draft Picks Received
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 97 RND: 3 (MIN)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (MIN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Will Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Will Johnson
CB Michigan
Players Gained
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DeForest Buckner
DT
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Andrew Van Ginkel
LB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall A-
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureB
Nobody dealt better than the Cowboys this weekend: A-.

The Hayden Conner pick is the one that will follow the Cowboys into the fall. They took him 83 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so.

They banked enough surplus on Ferguson to cover a lot of smaller sins. They won the margins on every swap, and it adds up fast.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through cornerback. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Add it up and this is about as clean as a draft weekend gets.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In slot 24 they get a true top target at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen at the 44th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick76 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Taking Demetrius Knight Jr. in the 76th pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick97 Rnd3 Quinshon Judkins
Circle this one: Quinshon Judkins at No. 97 is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick149 Rnd5 Terrance Ferguson
Terrance Ferguson at Round 5, Pick 11 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It fills a real need, too.
Pick171 Rnd5 Hayden Conner
Hayden Conner at pick No. 171 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick174 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
The board fumbled Tyler Shough all the way to No. 174, and they scooped it up. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.