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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Jalen Royals Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jalen Royals
WR Utah State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (DAL)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Hollin Pierce Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Hollin Pierce
OT Rutgers
Connor Colby Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Connor Colby
OG Iowa
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Cobee Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Cobee Bryant
CB Kansas
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (IND)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 191 RND: 6 (IND)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 234 RND: 7 (IND)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (IND)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesC+ FutureB
No fireworks, just a tidy B for the Cowboys.

The Cowboys treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the 249th overall pick on Jasheen Davis a full 112 spots early. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

The Rourke value carries more weight than any single miss elsewhere. Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 8 of 8 of the wish list covered.

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

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 14th pick they get a workhorse for the backfield at a price that makes it sweeter. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 T.J. Sanders
A market-rate interior defensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on T.J. Sanders. The roster fit checks out.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jalen Royals
A slide stopped in slot 76, with Jalen Royals worth more than the price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick116 Rnd4 Cody Simon
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Cody Simon well ahead of where he belonged. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick150 Rnd5 Hollin Pierce
They robbed the room for Hollin Pierce here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Connor Colby
A reach on Connor Colby in No. 170; the board had better options right there. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick172 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at the 172nd pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick174 Rnd5 Robert Spears-Jennings
Robert Spears-Jennings in No. 174 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick190 Rnd6 Cobee Bryant
A reasonable price with a little left over, Cobee Bryant in pick 190. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick191 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed in the Round 6 slot lands just on the right side of the ledger. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick211 Rnd6 Kurtis Rourke
Kurtis Rourke in Round 6, Pick 33 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick234 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
Jack Kiser at the 234th overall pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick249 Rnd7 Jasheen Davis
A big swing on Jasheen Davis at slot 249, well ahead of any board in the building. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.