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Draft Selections
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Cooper Beebe Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Cooper Beebe
OG Kansas State
Mike Sainristil Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Mike Sainristil
CB Michigan
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (DAL)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
De'Corian Clark Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
De'Corian Clark
WR UTSA
Jase McClellan Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jase McClellan
RB Alabama
Draft Picks Received
Audric Estime Head Shot
PICK: 106 RND: 4 (TEN)
Audric Estime
RB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (MIA)
NEXT YEAR (2025)
 
Players Gained
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Treylon Burks
WR
Players traded away
Head Shot
Michael Gallup
WR
Head Shot
Tony Pollard
RB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall D+
ValueC NeedB+ TradesF FutureC+
The Cowboys bled value on every deal, hence the D+.

The Cowboys clearly saw something nobody else did in Gabe Hall, taking him 33 picks ahead of his grade. The board is not convinced. Hard to defend, and the D+ reflects that.

They handed away value on the phones that the picks cannot earn back. They covered a lot of ground and still skipped linebacker, which is a strange place to end up.

That is a running back worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

Bottom line, they will need several of these picks to beat their grades just to break even, and linebacker is still a hole.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In slot 24 they get an anchor for the offensive line, a steep price for the projection. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Cooper Beebe
They reached into another round for Cooper Beebe, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick87 Rnd3 Mike Sainristil
Mike Sainristil at pick 87 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the cornerback. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick106 Rnd4 Audric Estime
Audric Estime slid further than he should have, and the Round 4 slot is lovely value for the running back. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick124 Rnd4 Leonard Taylor III
A quiet steal in No. 124: Leonard Taylor III for less than the market said. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick174 Rnd5 Gabe Hall
This one needs a full-page explanation: Gabe Hall in the 174th overall pick, miles early. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick212 Rnd6 De'Corian Clark
De'Corian Clark at the Round 6 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick245 Rnd7 Jase McClellan
They will replay Jase McClellan at the 245th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.