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Draft Selections
Luther Burden III Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Luther Burden III
WR Missouri
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Nick Emmanwori Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Nick Emmanwori
S South Carolina
Dylan Sampson Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Dylan Sampson
RB Tennessee
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (DAL)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (DAL)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (DAL)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (DAL)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Kobe King Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Kobe King
LB Penn State
Oronde Gadsden II Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Oronde Gadsden II
TE Syracuse
Jackson Slater Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jackson Slater
OG Sacramento State
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (DAL)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
DJ Giddens Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
DJ Giddens
RB Kansas State
Teddye Buchanan Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Teddye Buchanan
LB California
Draft Picks Received
Omarion Hampton Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (MIN)
Omarion Hampton
RB North Carolina
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 94 RND: 3 (CLE)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
Charles Grant Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (SF)
Charles Grant
OT William & Mary
Kevin Winston Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 118 RND: 4 (CIN)
Kevin Winston Jr.
S Penn State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 138 RND: 4 (SF)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Jordan Phillips Head Shot
PICK: 139 RND: 4 (SF)
Jordan Phillips
DT Maryland
Mello Dotson Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (CIN)
Mello Dotson
CB Kansas
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 165 RND: 5 (CLE)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 181 RND: 6 (CLE)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Draft Picks Traded
Nazir Stackhouse Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (CIN)
Nazir Stackhouse
DL Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 1 (ARI)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2026)
 
Players traded away
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Andrew Booth Jr.
CB
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Jonathan Mingo
WR
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Malik Hooker
S
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Sam Williams
DE
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Terence Steele
OT
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall D+
ValueB NeedB TradesF FutureD-
Larceny in slot 170 lands the Cowboys a D+, King and all.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Cowboys did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. Too much went sideways, and the D+ is the honest tally.

The Thornton Jr. reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. That is a linebacker worth more than the slot they spent on him, plainly.

The bill for those future picks comes due whether the class hits or not. The roster is better shaped than it was, with wide receiver chief among the fixes.

A rough weekend that leaves the roster with more questions than answers.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Luther Burden III
In pick 12 they get a No. 1 receiver. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick24 Rnd1 Omarion Hampton
In the 24th overall pick they get an every-down engine for the run game at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
Pick44 Rnd2 Nick Emmanwori
Steal is underselling it; Nick Emmanwori at pick No. 44 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick76 Rnd3 Dylan Sampson
Dylan Sampson at No. 76 is money in the bank, a running back taken below his worth. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick94 Rnd3 Dylan Fairchild
A market-rate offensive lineman, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Dylan Fairchild. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick112 Rnd4 Charles Grant
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Charles Grant at the 112th pick. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick118 Rnd4 Kevin Winston Jr.
Kevin Winston Jr. at pick No. 118 is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
Pick138 Rnd4 Smael Mondon Jr.
Smael Mondon Jr. at slot 138 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick139 Rnd4 Jordan Phillips
A interior defensive lineman of that caliber at No. 139 is the definition of value, full stop. The roster fit checks out.
Pick150 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
Tyler Shough at the 150th pick is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick154 Rnd5 Mello Dotson
A slide stopped in pick 154, with Mello Dotson worth more than the price. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick165 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
Dont'e Thornton Jr. at the 165th overall pick is the kind of overdraft that needs everything to break right. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Kobe King
They barely believed it either: Kobe King still on the board at Round 5, Pick 31. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick172 Rnd5 Oronde Gadsden II
Oronde Gadsden II at the Round 5 slot is a first-round grade at a bargain-bin price, no notes. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick174 Rnd5 Jackson Slater
Circle this one: Jackson Slater at the 174th pick is a fall that decides a draft. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick181 Rnd6 Logan Brown
Logan Brown at Round 6, Pick 3 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick190 Rnd6 DJ Giddens
DJ Giddens slipping to the 190th overall pick is the kind of luck good rooms make for themselves. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick249 Rnd7 Teddye Buchanan
A quiet steal in No. 249: Teddye Buchanan for less than the market said. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.