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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (DAL)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (DAL)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (DAL)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Joshua Farmer Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Joshua Farmer
DT Florida State
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Billy Bowman Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Billy Bowman Jr.
S Oklahoma
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Barryn Sorrell Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DAL)
Barryn Sorrell
LB-EDGE Texas
JJ Pegues Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
JJ Pegues
DT Ole Miss
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Torricelli Simpkins III Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (DAL)
Torricelli Simpkins III
OG South Carolina
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 17 RND: 1 (CIN)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 58 RND: 2 (HOU)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (BAL)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 91 RND: 3 (BAL)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (CLE)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 166 RND: 5 (HOU)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (CLE)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Torricelli Simpkins III Head Shot
PICK: 241 RND: 7 (HOU)
Torricelli Simpkins III
OG South Carolina
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 254 RND: 7 (CLE)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CLE)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (BAL)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (HOU)
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Draft Picks Traded
Mike Green Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CIN)
Mike Green
DE-EDGE Marshall
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (HOU)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Players Gained
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Rayshad Nichols
DT
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Cordell Volson
OG
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
The Cowboys worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Barryn Sorrell. He came off 127 spots early, and the room will hear about it.

That Bowman Jr. pick is the receipt they will wave around later. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick17 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In Round 1, Pick 17 they get a bell-cow for the offense, and a steal at that.
Pick58 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
Maxwell Hairston at the 58th overall pick is a conviction pick that outran the value. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick59 Rnd2 Jayden Higgins
They paid a round early for Jayden Higgins in pick 59, more than the board wanted. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick76 Rnd3 Carson Schwesinger
No edge and no loss on Carson Schwesinger in the Round 3 slot; it is a wash and a sensible one. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick91 Rnd3 Donovan Jackson
Donovan Jackson at pick No. 91 is money in the bank, a offensive lineman taken below his worth. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick104 Rnd4 Denzel Burke
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Denzel Burke at slot 104 is the proof. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick149 Rnd5 Kurtis Rourke
A tidy bit of business in slot 149, where Kurtis Rourke graded well above the range. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick166 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
They went early on Oronde Gadsden II in pick No. 166, and the value did not follow. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick170 Rnd5 Joshua Farmer
Joshua Farmer at the 170th pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The roster fit checks out.
Pick171 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
They barely believed it either: Mello Dotson still on the board at Round 5, Pick 33. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick174 Rnd5 Billy Bowman Jr.
Billy Bowman Jr. at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick179 Rnd6 Jay Higgins
Jay Higgins at the 179th overall pick is right where the board had him, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick188 Rnd6 Barryn Sorrell
A big swing on Barryn Sorrell at pick 188, well ahead of any board in the building. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick211 Rnd6 JJ Pegues
You do not let an interior defensive lineman like JJ Pegues reach No. 211 and blink. They did not. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick216 Rnd6 Jack Nelson
They robbed the room for Jack Nelson here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick241 Rnd7 Torricelli Simpkins III
Torricelli Simpkins III in slot 241 is early enough to raise a brow, if not a full objection. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick247 Rnd7 Jasheen Davis
Jasheen Davis in the 247th overall pick is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. It is more luxury than necessity; they were already set here.
Pick254 Rnd7 Ty Hamilton
They read the board right and Ty Hamilton was the payoff at No. 254. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.