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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (DAL)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Jared Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jared Wilson
C Georgia
Trey Zuhn III Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Trey Zuhn III
OT Texas A&M
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
Nohl Williams Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Nohl Williams
CB California
Jack Kiser Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jack Kiser
LB Notre Dame
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 46 RND: 2 (ATL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Derrick Harmon Head Shot
PICK: 116 RND: 4 (ATL)
Derrick Harmon
DT Oregon
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (ATL)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (ATL)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Starks should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Malaki Starks had no business being available in the 148th pick, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card. It does the job without flash, and the B reflects it.

They are betting Williams proves the room right and everyone else wrong. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick46 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
Circle this one: Ashton Jeanty at the 46th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 Emeka Egbuka
Emeka Egbuka in pick No. 76 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick116 Rnd4 Derrick Harmon
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like Derrick Harmon reach the Round 4 slot and blink. They did not. The roster fit checks out.
Pick148 Rnd5 Malaki Starks
Malaki Starks in No. 148 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick168 Rnd5 Carson Schwesinger
They barely believed it either: Carson Schwesinger still on the board at pick 168. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jared Wilson
Steal is underselling it; Jared Wilson at slot 170 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick173 Rnd5 Trey Zuhn III
This one needs a full-page explanation: Trey Zuhn III in the 173rd overall pick, miles early. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick186 Rnd6 Terrance Ferguson
Terrance Ferguson in No. 186 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick209 Rnd6 Nohl Williams
A wild overpay on Nohl Williams in Round 6, Pick 34, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick248 Rnd7 Jack Kiser
They will replay Jack Kiser at pick 248 for years; that is how good the value is. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.