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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Armand Membou Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Armand Membou
OT Missouri
Savion Williams Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Savion Williams
WR TCU
Josaiah Stewart Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DAL)
Josaiah Stewart
DE-EDGE Michigan
Elijah Arroyo Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Elijah Arroyo
TE Miami
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Milum fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Wyatt Milum, Round 7, Pick 31, roughly 211 picks past where he belonged. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through linebacker. They left with wide receiver solved and the rest of the wish list mostly ticked off. Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

Good work on the whole, with linebacker the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In slot 12 they get an island corner, outstanding value to boot. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty in pick No. 44 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jahdae Barron
Jahdae Barron in pick 76 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick149 Rnd5 Cam Ward
Steal is underselling it; Cam Ward at the 149th pick is a heist with the alarm still ringing. The roster fit checks out.
Pick170 Rnd5 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick171 Rnd5 Armand Membou
Armand Membou at the 171st overall pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick174 Rnd5 Savion Williams
You do not let a wide receiver like Savion Williams reach No. 174 and blink. They did not. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick188 Rnd6 Josaiah Stewart
They robbed the room for Josaiah Stewart here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It adds depth where they could use a little.
Pick211 Rnd6 Elijah Arroyo
The board fumbled Elijah Arroyo all the way to slot 211, and they scooped it up. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick247 Rnd7 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum in the 247th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.