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Draft Selections
Byron Murphy II Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Byron Murphy II
DL Texas
Kingsley Suamataia Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kingsley Suamataia
OT BYU
Blake Corum Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Blake Corum
RB Michigan
Luke McCaffrey Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Luke McCaffrey
WR Rice
Jaylan Ford Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jaylan Ford
LB Texas
Daequan Hardy Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Daequan Hardy
CB Penn State
Nathan Thomas Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Nathan Thomas
OT Louisiana
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The steal of the weekend belongs to the Cowboys and Hardy: B.

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Daequan Hardy, the No. 195 name on the board, sitting there at pick 233 like a gift left on the doorstep. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

Leaving quarterback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Building through the lines is a philosophy, and they stuck to it.

All told, a solid class that does its job everywhere but quarterback.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Byron Murphy II
In Round 1, Pick 24 they get an anchor for the defensive front. A real need, handled.
Pick56 Rnd2 Kingsley Suamataia
Kingsley Suamataia in pick 56 is fair value, right on his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick87 Rnd3 Blake Corum
No drama and no debate, Blake Corum went about where he belonged in slot 87. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick173 Rnd5 Luke McCaffrey
Value with a capital V on Luke McCaffrey in the 173rd overall pick, a genuine coup. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick216 Rnd6 Jaylan Ford
They barely believed it either: Jaylan Ford still on the board at pick No. 216. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick233 Rnd7 Daequan Hardy
Daequan Hardy in the Round 7 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick244 Rnd7 Nathan Thomas
They robbed the room for Nathan Thomas here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.