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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Tommi Hill Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tommi Hill
CB Nebraska
Dorian Strong Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dorian Strong
CB Virginia Tech
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Tyler Cooper Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tyler Cooper
OG Minnesota
Pat Bryant Head Shot
PICK: 188 RND: 6 (DAL)
Pat Bryant
WR Illinois
Oluwafemi Oladejo Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Oluwafemi Oladejo
LB-EDGE UCLA
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
CJ West
DT Indiana
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Walker fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

You build a draft on nights like this. Jalon Walker had no business being available in the Round 3 slot, and the Cowboys did the only sane thing and turned in the card. Good, not great, and the B says as much.

They are betting Oladejo proves the room right and everyone else wrong. They punted on quarterback, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest. On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

The back end got a real overhaul.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get a lockdown presence outside at a price that makes it sweeter. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick44 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty in pick No. 44 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jalon Walker
Circle this one: Jalon Walker at the Round 3 slot is a fall that decides a draft. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick149 Rnd5 Tommi Hill
They paid sticker price for Tommi Hill in slot 149, and that is fine. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick170 Rnd5 Dorian Strong
Nothing to complain about; Dorian Strong went a shade earlier than his grade, which is fine. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick171 Rnd5 Ajani Cornelius
Ajani Cornelius at the 171st pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick174 Rnd5 Tyler Cooper
Good price on Tyler Cooper in pick 174, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick188 Rnd6 Pat Bryant
Pat Bryant at No. 188 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick211 Rnd6 Oluwafemi Oladejo
They reached into another round for Oluwafemi Oladejo, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. Useful body for a position without much behind the starter.
Pick247 Rnd7 CJ West
They robbed the room for CJ West here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It fills a real need, too.