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RUN ON FEB 22, 2026

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  • robckeller DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cowboys
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DAL)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (DAL)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Malachi Lawrence Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Malachi Lawrence
DE-EDGE UCF
Jalen Stroman Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jalen Stroman
S Notre Dame
Aaron Anderson Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (DAL)
Aaron Anderson
WR LSU
VJ Payne Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (DAL)
VJ Payne
S Kansas State
Keyshaun Elliott Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DAL)
Keyshaun Elliott
LB Arizona State
Thaddeus Dixon Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
Thaddeus Dixon
CB North Carolina
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (DAL)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
Draft Picks Received
Avieon Terrell Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (CLE)
Avieon Terrell
CB Clemson
Dillon Thieneman Head Shot
PICK: 41 RND: 2 (CIN)
Dillon Thieneman
S Oregon
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 226 RND: 7 (CIN)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CIN)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (CLE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (CLE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (CLE)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Draft Picks Traded
Jordyn Tyson Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (CLE)
Jordyn Tyson
WR Arizona State
Players Gained
Head Shot
Gary Brightwell
RB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA- FutureB+
The Cowboys did the meat-and-potatoes work well: B+.

The Cowboys treated their own grade as gospel and everyone else's as noise, spending the Round 4 slot on Malachi Lawrence a full 34 spots early.

That offensive lineman hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall. The Payne steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The future picks help the war chest more than the win-now roster.

The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In Round 1, Pick 20 they get a coverage-and-run second-level piece at a price that makes it sweeter. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick24 Rnd1 Avieon Terrell
In the Round 1 slot they get a potential shutdown corner. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick41 Rnd2 Dillon Thieneman
Good price on Dillon Thieneman in No. 41, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick112 Rnd4 Malachi Lawrence
Malachi Lawrence in pick 112 is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jalen Stroman
A tidy little value on Jalen Stroman in pick No. 150, a step better than break-even. A want dressed up as a pick, at a spot they had covered.
Pick177 Rnd5 Aaron Anderson
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Aaron Anderson in the 177th pick. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick215 Rnd6 VJ Payne
They robbed the room for VJ Payne here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
Pick221 Rnd7 Keyshaun Elliott
Keyshaun Elliott at the Round 7 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick225 Rnd7 Thaddeus Dixon
They read the board right and Thaddeus Dixon was the payoff at pick No. 225. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick226 Rnd7 Miles Kitselman
Miles Kitselman at the 226th pick nudges the ledger their way without any fuss. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.