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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Aeneas Peebles Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Aeneas Peebles
DL Virginia Tech
Danny Stutsman Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Danny Stutsman
LB Oklahoma
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Jaeden Roberts Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaeden Roberts
OG Alabama
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
Robert Spears-Jennings Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Robert Spears-Jennings
S Oklahoma
Jamaree Caldwell Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jamaree Caldwell
DL Oregon
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Cowboys: B.

Call it belief, call it a gut call, but Barryn Sorrell at slot 186 is 102 spots clear of consensus, and that is the headline. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

That Stutsman pick is the receipt they will wave around later. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes. The weekend tilted hard toward the defense.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In the Round 1 slot they get a ballhawk on the outside, outstanding value to boot. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick44 Rnd2 Luther Burden III
The board fumbled Luther Burden III all the way to pick 44, and they scooped it up. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick76 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Somehow Kaleb Johnson was still sitting there in the 76th overall pick, and they pounced on premier running back value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick148 Rnd5 Aeneas Peebles
Aeneas Peebles in pick No. 148 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It fills a real need, too.
Pick168 Rnd5 Danny Stutsman
Danny Stutsman in No. 168 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
Jack Nelson at the 170th pick is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick173 Rnd5 Jaeden Roberts
Jaeden Roberts at pick 173 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick186 Rnd6 Barryn Sorrell
This one needs a full-page explanation: Barryn Sorrell in the 186th pick, miles early. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
Pick209 Rnd6 Robert Spears-Jennings
They will replay Robert Spears-Jennings at Round 6, Pick 34 for years; that is how good the value is. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick248 Rnd7 Jamaree Caldwell
They left a pile of value on the table to take Jamaree Caldwell this early at pick No. 248. The roster fit checks out.