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Draft Selections
Travis Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Travis Hunter
CB Colorado
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 45 RND: 2 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Cam Ward Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Cam Ward
QB Miami
Wyatt Milum Head Shot
PICK: 151 RND: 5 (DAL)
Wyatt Milum
OT West Virginia
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 168 RND: 5 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Jalon Walker Head Shot
PICK: 171 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jalon Walker
LB Georgia
Tre Harris Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Tre Harris
WR Ole Miss
Xavier Restrepo Head Shot
PICK: 209 RND: 6 (DAL)
Xavier Restrepo
WR Miami
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueA+ NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
Restrepo should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B+.

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Xavier Restrepo, the No. 15 name on the board, sitting there at pick No. 209 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall. On the needs board they went 7 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Value over need was the throughline, for better and worse.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the tight end spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Travis Hunter
In No. 14 they get a ballhawk on the outside at a price that makes it sweeter. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
Pick45 Rnd2 Ashton Jeanty
They barely believed it either: Ashton Jeanty still on the board at the Round 2 slot. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick76 Rnd3 Cam Ward
Steal is underselling it; Cam Ward at pick 76 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick151 Rnd5 Wyatt Milum
Taking Wyatt Milum in pick No. 151 is close to grand larceny; an offensive lineman that good had no business lasting this long. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick168 Rnd5 Walter Nolen
Walter Nolen at Round 5, Pick 30 is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick170 Rnd5 Jahdae Barron
Somehow Jahdae Barron was still sitting there in the 170th overall pick, and they pounced on premier cornerback value. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick171 Rnd5 Jalon Walker
They will replay Jalon Walker at the 171st pick for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick190 Rnd6 Tre Harris
You do not let a wide receiver like Tre Harris reach slot 190 and blink. They did not. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick209 Rnd6 Xavier Restrepo
Xavier Restrepo at the 209th overall pick is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.