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Draft Selections
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (DAL)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (DAL)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Jackson Powers-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Jackson Powers-Johnson
C Oregon
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (DAL)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Payton Wilson Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Payton Wilson
LB North Carolina State
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (DAL)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Grayson Murphy Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Grayson Murphy
DL-EDGE UCLA
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (DAL)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
Ryan Watts Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Ryan Watts
CB Texas
Decamerion Richardson Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Decamerion Richardson
CB Mississippi State
Bub Means Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Bub Means
WR Pittsburgh
Draft Picks Received
Marvin Harrison Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NE)
Marvin Harrison Jr.
WR Ohio State
Caleb Williams Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (ARI)
Caleb Williams
QB USC
Xavier Worthy Head Shot
PICK: 27 RND: 1 (ARI)
Xavier Worthy
WR Texas
Trey Benson Head Shot
PICK: 68 RND: 3 (NE)
Trey Benson
RB Florida State
Logan Lee Head Shot
PICK: 180 RND: 6 (NE)
Logan Lee
DL Iowa
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (NE)
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Draft Picks Traded
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (CHI)
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Players traded away
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CeeDee Lamb
WR
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Dak Prescott
QB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall D-
ValueB- NeedA- TradesF FutureB-
The Cowboys left with their quarterback, and a D- to match.

The Cowboys treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending pick No. 233 on Decamerion Richardson a full 85 spots early. It grades a D-, and the process earned it.

Caleb Williams gives the offense a face and a plan, and the grade leans heavily on whether he hits. They lost the exchange badly enough to drag the whole class down. They punted on tight end, and it is the miss that keeps the grade honest.

Suamataia at that cost is the sort of edge that compounds over a roster.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Marvin Harrison Jr.
In slot 3 they get a true top target at fair value. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick4 Rnd1 Caleb Williams
In the Round 1 slot they get their guy under center for the next decade. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick24 Rnd1 Jackson Powers-Johnson
In the 24th pick they get a plug-and-play piece up front, reach and all. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick27 Rnd1 Xavier Worthy
In Round 1, Pick 27 they get a home-run threat at receiver, a steep price for the projection. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick56 Rnd2 Payton Wilson
Payton Wilson in pick 56 is fair value, right on his grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick68 Rnd3 Trey Benson
They reached a country mile for Trey Benson at No. 68, and the board is aghast. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick87 Rnd3 Kingsley Suamataia
The board fumbled Kingsley Suamataia all the way to pick 87, and they scooped it up. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick174 Rnd5 Grayson Murphy
By-the-book stuff, Grayson Murphy at pick No. 174 squarely in line with his ranking. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick180 Rnd6 Logan Lee
Value said wait; Logan Lee in the 180th overall pick says they were not listening. It fills a real need, too.
Pick216 Rnd6 Ryan Watts
This one needs a full-page explanation: Ryan Watts in No. 216, miles early. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick233 Rnd7 Decamerion Richardson
A big swing on Decamerion Richardson at the Round 7 slot, well ahead of any board in the building. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick244 Rnd7 Bub Means
They paid sticker price for Bub Means in slot 244, and that is fine. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.