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Draft Selections
Olumuyiwa Fashanu Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Olumuyiwa Fashanu
OT Penn State
Zach Frazier Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Zach Frazier
C West Virginia
Leonard Taylor III Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Leonard Taylor III
DL Miami (FL)
Tommy Eichenberg Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tommy Eichenberg
LB Ohio State
Gabe Hall Head Shot
PICK: 216 RND: 6 (DAL)
Gabe Hall
DL Baylor
Decamerion Richardson Head Shot
PICK: 233 RND: 7 (DAL)
Decamerion Richardson
CB Mississippi State
Anim Dankwah Head Shot
PICK: 244 RND: 7 (DAL)
Anim Dankwah
OT Howard
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
A sensible, unshowy class lands the Cowboys a B.

Call it a hunch or call it a gamble, but the Cowboys spent the 233rd pick on Decamerion Richardson, a name most had 85 spots down the list.

Landing Eichenberg that late papers over a lot of smaller sins. A whole weekend of picks and wide receiver is somehow still a want. Cornerback was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

The trenches got the money picks, top to bottom.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 Olumuyiwa Fashanu
In No. 24 they get a long-term starter on the line at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick56 Rnd2 Zach Frazier
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Zach Frazier. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick87 Rnd3 Leonard Taylor III
Leonard Taylor III at the Round 3 slot is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick174 Rnd5 Tommy Eichenberg
Taking Tommy Eichenberg in the 174th overall pick is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick216 Rnd6 Gabe Hall
Gabe Hall at slot 216 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick233 Rnd7 Decamerion Richardson
This one needs a full-page explanation: Decamerion Richardson in the 233rd pick, miles early. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick244 Rnd7 Anim Dankwah
They left a pile of value on the table to take Anim Dankwah this early at slot 244. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.