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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
T.J. Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
T.J. Sanders
DT South Carolina
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys robbed the room for Knight Jr.. Final grade: B.

You could see the war room lean forward. Demetrius Knight Jr. at the 249th overall pick is the sort of fall that does not happen, except it just did. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

They covered a lot of ground and still skipped tight end, which is a strange place to end up. 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.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get juice off the edge at a price that makes it sweeter. Need was not the driver here.
Pick44 Rnd2 Travis Hunter
They robbed the room for Travis Hunter here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick76 Rnd3 Ashton Jeanty
They will replay Ashton Jeanty at No. 76 for years; that is how good the value is. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick150 Rnd5 Jahdae Barron
They barely believed it either: Jahdae Barron still on the board at the 150th overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Walter Nolen
Circle this one: Walter Nolen at pick No. 170 is a fall that decides a draft. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick172 Rnd5 Wyatt Milum
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the Round 5 slot is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick174 Rnd5 Cam Ward
The board fumbled Cam Ward all the way to the 174th pick, and they scooped it up. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick190 Rnd6 T.J. Sanders
Somehow T.J. Sanders was still sitting there in pick 190, and they pounced on premier interior defensive lineman value. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick211 Rnd6 Tre Harris
Tre Harris in the 211th pick is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick249 Rnd7 Demetrius Knight Jr.
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Demetrius Knight Jr. in pick 249, plain and simple. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.