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Draft Selections
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Jaylin Noel Head Shot
PICK: 149 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jaylin Noel
WR Iowa State
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Jack Nelson Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jack Nelson
OT Wisconsin
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Noel fall and pounced. Final grade: B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jaylin Noel, Round 5, Pick 11, roughly 53 picks past where he belonged. Call it a sensible B, earned the boring way.

The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. On the needs board they went 4 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

A competent weekend that does not make headlines and does not need to.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty slid further than he should have, and No. 12 is lovely value for the running back. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick44 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Somehow Nick Emmanwori was still sitting there in the 44th pick, and they pounced on premier safety value. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick76 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
You do not let a linebacker like Demetrius Knight Jr. reach the Round 3 slot and blink. They did not. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick149 Rnd5 Jaylin Noel
They barely believed it either: Jaylin Noel still on the board at slot 149. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick171 Rnd5 Logan Brown
Taking Logan Brown in the 171st overall pick is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick174 Rnd5 Jack Nelson
No drama and no debate, Jack Nelson went about where he belonged in Round 5, Pick 36. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.