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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Maxwell Hairston Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Maxwell Hairston
CB Kentucky
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Jeffrey Bassa Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jeffrey Bassa
LB Oregon
Kyle McCord Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kyle McCord
QB Syracuse
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Jasheen Davis Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jasheen Davis
DL-EDGE Wake Forest
Addison West Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Addison West
OG Western Michigan
Alijah Huzzie Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (DAL)
Alijah Huzzie
CB North Carolina
Tonka Hemingway Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
Tonka Hemingway
DT South Carolina
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Cowboys a B-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cowboys took Jasheen Davis a full 151 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend.

They banked enough surplus on McCord to cover a lot of smaller sins. They went 8 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Almost all the early capital went to that side of the ball.

Solid rather than spectacular, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
In the 12th pick they get a centerpiece for the ground game at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick44 Rnd2 Maxwell Hairston
They reached a country mile for Maxwell Hairston at pick 44, and the board is aghast. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick76 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins in pick No. 76 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jeffrey Bassa
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jeffrey Bassa in No. 149, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick171 Rnd5 Kyle McCord
Taking Kyle McCord in slot 171 is close to grand larceny; a quarterback that good had no business lasting this long. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick174 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at the Round 5 slot is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick204 Rnd6 Jasheen Davis
A wild overpay on Jasheen Davis in pick No. 204, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick211 Rnd6 Addison West
Fair-plus on Addison West, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick239 Rnd7 Alijah Huzzie
They robbed the room for Alijah Huzzie here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick247 Rnd7 Tonka Hemingway
They went early on Tonka Hemingway in Round 7, Pick 31, and the value did not follow. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.