Dallas Drafts Big

Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 169 RND: 5 (DAL)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Kyle Kennard Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kyle Kennard
DE-EDGE South Carolina
Riley Mahlman Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DAL)
Riley Mahlman
OT Wisconsin
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 7 RND: 1 (LV)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 15 RND: 1 (TB)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 152 RND: 5 (IND)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (TB)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (TB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (TB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 13 RND: 1 (LV)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
LT Overton Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (LV)
LT Overton
DE-EDGE Alabama
Quinn Ewers Head Shot
PICK: 113 RND: 4 (LV)
Quinn Ewers
QB Texas
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (ATL)
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Players Gained
Head Shot
Rachaad White
RB
Players traded away
Head Shot
Tyler Guyton
OT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall C
ValueA NeedB+ TradesF FutureA+
The Cowboys cashed the board's mistake on Restrepo: C.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Cowboys were there to profit. Xavier Restrepo, the No. 23 name on the board, should have been long gone before No. 233. Fine in stretches, shaky in others: a C.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. Leaving linebacker unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Adding Rachaad White by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off.

Hit on Travis Hunter and the swing picks, and this ages a lot better than it grades today.

Pick Analysis
Pick7 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In pick 7 they get a workhorse for the backfield. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick15 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside, and a steal at that. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick44 Rnd2 Cam Ward
They will replay Cam Ward at No. 44 for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick116 Rnd4 Wyatt Milum
Circle this one: Wyatt Milum at the 116th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick151 Rnd5 Walter Nolen
They robbed the room for Walter Nolen here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick152 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Jake Majors at Round 5, Pick 14 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick169 Rnd5 Josaiah Stewart
Josaiah Stewart in the 169th pick is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick170 Rnd5 T.J. Sanders
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at pick No. 170 is the definition of value, full stop. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick172 Rnd5 Kyle Kennard
Steal is underselling it; Kyle Kennard at the 172nd pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick188 Rnd6 Riley Mahlman
You do not let an offensive lineman like Riley Mahlman reach pick 188 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick209 Rnd6 Tre Harris
Tre Harris in the 209th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick233 Rnd7 Xavier Restrepo
The board fumbled Xavier Restrepo all the way to No. 233, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.