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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Mason Graham Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mason Graham
DT Michigan
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (DAL)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (DAL)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (DAL)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (DAL)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Hayden Conner Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Hayden Conner
OG Texas
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (DAL)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (DAL)
CJ West
DT Indiana
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (DAL)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
O'Donnell Fortune Head Shot
PICK: 148 RND: 5 (DAL)
O'Donnell Fortune
CB South Carolina
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (DAL)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Tyreak Sapp Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tyreak Sapp
DE-EDGE Florida
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 173 RND: 5 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Chris Paul Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 186 RND: 6 (DAL)
Chris Paul Jr.
LB Ole Miss
Draft Picks Received
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 3 RND: 1 (NYG)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 4 RND: 1 (NE)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 34 RND: 2 (NYG)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Malaki Starks Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (NE)
Malaki Starks
S Georgia
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 65 RND: 3 (NYG)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Darien Porter Head Shot
PICK: 77 RND: 3 (NE)
Darien Porter
CB Iowa State
CJ West Head Shot
PICK: 103 RND: 4 (NYG)
CJ West
DT Indiana
TreVeyon Henderson Head Shot
PICK: 104 RND: 4 (NE)
TreVeyon Henderson
RB Ohio State
Jay Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 134 RND: 4 (NYG)
Jay Higgins
LB Iowa
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 143 RND: 5 (NE)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Clay Webb Head Shot
PICK: 153 RND: 5 (NYG)
Clay Webb
OG Jacksonville State
Draft Picks Traded
Cam Skattebo Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (NYG)
Cam Skattebo
RB Arizona State
Graham Mertz Head Shot
PICK: 248 RND: 7 (NE)
Graham Mertz
QB Florida
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB NeedB TradesA+ FutureB-
The Cowboys worked the phones like thieves and earned a B+.

The Tyreak Sapp pick is the one that will follow the Cowboys into the fall. They took him 96 spots ahead of his grade, and the board is not shy about saying so. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B+.

Whatever else happened, they won the night they took Knight Jr.. The dealing alone would carry a lesser class.

A whole weekend of picks and quarterback is somehow still a want. It is not that Starks is a bad player; it is that the Cowboys had louder needs to answer first.

Good work on the whole, with quarterback the one box left unchecked.

Pick Analysis
Pick3 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In No. 3 they get a ballhawk on the outside. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick4 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In pick No. 4 they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at fair value. Need was not the driver here.
Pick12 Rnd1 Mason Graham
In Round 1, Pick 12 they get a disruptive interior force. A real need, handled.
Pick34 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
A top-tier safety at a bargain, Nick Emmanwori in the Round 2 slot, plain and simple. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick38 Rnd2 Malaki Starks
The needs board was loud and they turned it down, spending slot 38 on Malaki Starks with quarterback unsolved.
Pick44 Rnd2 Emeka Egbuka
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Emeka Egbuka at pick 44 is the proof. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick65 Rnd3 Omarion Hampton
They will replay Omarion Hampton at the Round 3 slot for years; that is how good the value is. A sensible fit for a spot that needed help.
Pick69 Rnd3 Charles Grant
This one needs a full-page explanation: Charles Grant in the 69th overall pick, miles early. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick76 Rnd3 Hayden Conner
A big swing on Hayden Conner at No. 76, well ahead of any board in the building. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick77 Rnd3 Darien Porter
No drama and no debate, Darien Porter went about where he belonged in pick 77. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick103 Rnd4 CJ West
A wild overpay on CJ West in Round 4, Pick 2, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick104 Rnd4 TreVeyon Henderson
TreVeyon Henderson at slot 104 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick134 Rnd4 Jay Higgins
They let Jay Higgins come to them and pounced at the 134th pick. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick143 Rnd5 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Taking Demetrius Knight Jr. in pick No. 143 is close to grand larceny; a linebacker that good had no business lasting this long. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick148 Rnd5 O'Donnell Fortune
A swing that ignored the value entirely, O'Donnell Fortune well ahead of where he belonged. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick153 Rnd5 Clay Webb
A real head-scratcher, Clay Webb in No. 153 is miles ahead of his ranking. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick168 Rnd5 Kevin Winston Jr.
The board fumbled Kevin Winston Jr. all the way to the 168th pick, and they scooped it up. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick170 Rnd5 Tyreak Sapp
Tyreak Sapp at pick No. 170 is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. Insurance at a position that did not really ask for it.
Pick173 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II in pick 173 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. The roster fit checks out.
Pick186 Rnd6 Chris Paul Jr.
They barely believed it either: Chris Paul Jr. still on the board at the Round 6 slot. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.