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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Tyler Warren Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Tyler Warren
TE Penn State
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Joshua Gray Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Joshua Gray
OG Oregon State
Carson Vinson Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Carson Vinson
OT Alabama A&M
Zane Durant Head Shot
PICK: 187 RND: 6 (DAL)
Zane Durant
DT Penn State
Raheim Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Raheim Sanders
RB South Carolina
Draft Picks Traded
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (MIA)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players Gained
Head Shot
Tyreek Hill
WR
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesA+ FutureC
The Cowboys won the night they stopped Henderson from sliding. Grade: B+.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: TreVeyon Henderson, the 148th pick, roughly 87 picks past where he belonged.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. They are betting Vinson proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped cornerback, which is a strange place to end up.

Adding Tyreek Hill by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In the 12th overall pick they get a matchup problem out wide. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick44 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks in the 44th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick76 Rnd3 Tyler Warren
Tyler Warren in pick 76 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick148 Rnd5 TreVeyon Henderson
They will replay TreVeyon Henderson at No. 148 for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
Pick168 Rnd5 Jeffrey Bassa
Somehow Jeffrey Bassa was still sitting there in pick No. 168, and they pounced on premier linebacker value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick170 Rnd5 Joshua Gray
They paid sticker price for Joshua Gray in slot 170, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick171 Rnd5 Carson Vinson
Carson Vinson in Round 5, Pick 34 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick187 Rnd6 Zane Durant
Zane Durant slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. The roster fit checks out.
Pick209 Rnd6 Raheim Sanders
They barely believed it either: Raheim Sanders still on the board at pick No. 209. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.