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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 43 RND: 2 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 74 RND: 3 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Quinshon Judkins Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Quinshon Judkins
RB Ohio State
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Sanders fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

Call it larceny. T.J. Sanders sat on the board until pick No. 186, and the Cowboys did not need to be asked twice. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the quarterback spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick 12 they get a disruptor off the edge at fair value.
Pick43 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
They barely believed it either: Walter Nolen still on the board at slot 43. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick74 Rnd3 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty in the 74th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick148 Rnd5 Jahdae Barron
Jahdae Barron at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick168 Rnd5 Wyatt Milum
Wyatt Milum at the 168th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Xavier Restrepo
The board fumbled Xavier Restrepo all the way to Round 5, Pick 32, and they scooped it up. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jihaad Campbell
They robbed the room for Jihaad Campbell here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick186 Rnd6 T.J. Sanders
T.J. Sanders at pick No. 186 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick209 Rnd6 Quinshon Judkins
Somehow Quinshon Judkins was still sitting there in the 209th pick, and they pounced on premier running back value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.