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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Howard Cross III Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Howard Cross III
DL Notre Dame
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Jake Majors Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jake Majors
C Texas
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
Justin Walley Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Justin Walley
CB Minnesota
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Knight Jr. fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The Cowboys did not reach, did not trade up, did not blink. They just waited, and Demetrius Knight Jr. fell into the 170th pick. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The Crenshaw-Dickson pick is the one the value grade keeps tripping over. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick No. 12 they get a premier pass rusher at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick44 Rnd2 Luther Burden III
A wide receiver of that caliber at Round 2, Pick 12 is the definition of value, full stop. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick76 Rnd3 Malaki Starks
Circle this one: Malaki Starks at the 76th pick is a fall that decides a draft. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick148 Rnd5 TreVeyon Henderson
They robbed the room for TreVeyon Henderson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick168 Rnd5 Howard Cross III
Howard Cross III in No. 168 lands just on the right side of the ledger. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick170 Rnd5 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Demetrius Knight Jr. at the Round 5 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jake Majors
Jake Majors in pick 173 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick186 Rnd6 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
They reached into another round for Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick209 Rnd6 Terrance Ferguson
Terrance Ferguson in slot 209 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick248 Rnd7 Justin Walley
They left a pile of value on the table to take Justin Walley this early at pick No. 248. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.