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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Jacob Parrish Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jacob Parrish
CB Kansas State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (DAL)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Bhayshul Tuten Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Bhayshul Tuten
RB Virginia Tech
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (DAL)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 204 RND: 6 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Luke Lachey Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Luke Lachey
TE Iowa
Jermari Harris Head Shot
PICK: 239 RND: 7 (DAL)
Jermari Harris
CB Iowa
Ty Hamilton Head Shot
PICK: 247 RND: 7 (DAL)
Ty Hamilton
DT Ohio State
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 23 RND: 1 (GB)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 159 RND: 5 (GB)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Chase Lundt Head Shot
PICK: 179 RND: 6 (CLE)
Chase Lundt
OT UConn
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (GB)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (CLE)
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Draft Picks Traded
Josh Simmons Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (GB)
Josh Simmons
OT Ohio State
Ajani Cornelius Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (CLE)
Ajani Cornelius
OT Oregon
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB TradesD FutureA
Larceny in the 149th pick lands the Cowboys a B, Parrish and all.

Thirty-one other rooms let Jacob Parrish slide, and the Cowboys were the ones holding the card at No. 149. Highway robbery. It nets out to a B, which feels about right.

The quarterback hole is the one line item this class does not answer. The dealing tilted against them, just enough to notice. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

Nothing here to lose sleep over, and plenty to feel decent about.

Pick Analysis
Pick23 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In pick 23 they get a wrecking ball inside at fair value. A real need, handled.
Pick44 Rnd2 Omarion Hampton
Omarion Hampton slipping to pick No. 44 is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick76 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Nice patience on Demetrius Knight Jr., who had no business lasting to the 76th overall pick. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jacob Parrish
Jacob Parrish at the 149th pick is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick159 Rnd5 Malachi Moore
They robbed the room for Malachi Moore here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick171 Rnd5 Bhayshul Tuten
Steal is underselling it; Bhayshul Tuten at slot 171 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick179 Rnd6 Chase Lundt
Chase Lundt is a better player than Round 6, Pick 3 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick204 Rnd6 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. in the Round 6 slot is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick211 Rnd6 Luke Lachey
They did well to land Luke Lachey in the 211th overall pick, just ahead of his grade. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick239 Rnd7 Jermari Harris
Jermari Harris in slot 239 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick247 Rnd7 Ty Hamilton
Ty Hamilton at No. 247 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.