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Draft Selections
Tetairoa McMillan Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Tetairoa McMillan
WR Arizona
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Jaydon Blue Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaydon Blue
RB Texas
Brady Cook Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Brady Cook
QB Missouri
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DAL)
Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson...
OT Florida
Donovan Edwards Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Donovan Edwards
RB Michigan
Shilo Sanders Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (DAL)
Shilo Sanders
S Colorado
Isaac TeSlaa Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
Isaac TeSlaa
WR Arkansas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB- NeedA- TradesB- FutureB-
A solid, sensible weekend for the Cowboys: B.

Nobody had Brady Cook this high, and it is not close. The Cowboys reached 109 spots to get him at slot 174. Nothing here to lose sleep over; call it a B.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Collins. That tight end hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Tetairoa McMillan
In slot 12 they get a go-to option on the outside at fair value. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
A tidy little value on Jihaad Campbell in the 44th pick, a step better than break-even. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick76 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
Steal is underselling it; Alfred Collins at No. 76 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick149 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
They paid sticker price for O'Donnell Fortune in pick 149, and that is fine. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jaydon Blue
By-the-book stuff, Jaydon Blue at the Round 5 slot squarely in line with his ranking. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick174 Rnd5 Brady Cook
Brady Cook at the 174th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick204 Rnd6 Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson
They did well to land Brandon Crenshaw-Dickson in pick No. 204, just ahead of his grade. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick211 Rnd6 Donovan Edwards
Donovan Edwards slipping to the Round 6 slot is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick239 Rnd7 Shilo Sanders
A big swing on Shilo Sanders at pick 239, well ahead of any board in the building. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
Pick247 Rnd7 Isaac TeSlaa
They stopped a slide they were happy to see, landing Isaac TeSlaa in Round 7, Pick 31. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.