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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Jaxson Dart Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaxson Dart
QB Ole Miss
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Draft Picks Received
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (CLE)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (SF)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 4 (SF)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CLE)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (IND)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Quincy Riley Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Quincy Riley
CB Louisville
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (SF)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
Rayuan Lane III Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (SF)
Rayuan Lane III
S Navy
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players traded away
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Andrew Booth Jr.
CB
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Terence Steele
OT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueA NeedB TradesF FutureB
The Cowboys won the night they stopped Knight Jr. from sliding. Grade: B-.

You build a draft on nights like this. Demetrius Knight Jr. had no business being available in the Round 7 slot, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Call it a sensible B-, earned the boring way.

Overpaying at the table undid a lot of the good work elsewhere. A whole weekend of picks and tight end is somehow still a want. They went 7 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the Round 1 slot they get juice off the edge, and a steal at that. Need was not the driver here.
Pick44 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty at pick No. 44 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick76 Rnd3 Nick Emmanwori
Circle this one: Nick Emmanwori at the 76th overall pick is a fall that decides a draft. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick103 Rnd4 Jahdae Barron
A top-tier cornerback at a bargain, Jahdae Barron in slot 103, plain and simple. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick116 Rnd4 Walter Nolen
Taking Walter Nolen in the 116th pick is close to grand larceny; an interior defensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick138 Rnd4 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum at No. 138 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick139 Rnd4 Jihaad Campbell
They will replay Jihaad Campbell at pick 139 for years; that is how good the value is. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick165 Rnd5 Tre Harris
Tre Harris in Round 5, Pick 26 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick170 Rnd5 Savion Williams
They barely believed it either: Savion Williams still on the board at the 170th overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick172 Rnd5 Jaxson Dart
Jaxson Dart in the Round 5 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick174 Rnd5 Bhayshul Tuten
Value with a capital V on Bhayshul Tuten in No. 174, a genuine coup. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick190 Rnd6 Armand Membou
Steal is underselling it; Armand Membou at pick 190 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick249 Rnd7 Demetrius Knight Jr.
They robbed the room for Demetrius Knight Jr. here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.