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Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Jihaad Campbell Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jihaad Campbell
LB Alabama
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (DAL)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
Tez Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tez Johnson
WR Oregon
Tory Horton Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tory Horton
WR Colorado State
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Emery Jones Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Emery Jones Jr.
OT LSU
Upton Stout Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Upton Stout
S Western Kentucky
Jamon Dumas-Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jamon Dumas-Johnson
LB Kentucky
Eric Gregory Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Eric Gregory
DL Arkansas
Draft Picks Received
Ashton Jeanty Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (IND)
Ashton Jeanty
RB Boise State
Malachi Moore Head Shot
PICK: 117 RND: 4 (ATL)
Malachi Moore
S Alabama
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 2 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 5 (IND)
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No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 6 (ATL)
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Draft Picks Traded
Jahdae Barron Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (IND)
Jahdae Barron
CB Texas
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB TradesC+ FutureB+
The Cowboys let Horton fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Tory Horton, the No. 113 name on the board, in Round 5, Pick 31.

Every board in the league had Gregory lower, and that gap is the story. Leaving cornerback unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

Not a headline-grabber, but a perfectly good weekend's work.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Ashton Jeanty
Ashton Jeanty slid further than he should have, and pick 14 is lovely value for the running back. A real hole, addressed with a reasonable pick.
Pick44 Rnd2 Jihaad Campbell
Jihaad Campbell in pick No. 44 lands just on the right side of the ledger. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick76 Rnd3 Deone Walker
They read the board right and Deone Walker was the payoff at the Round 3 slot. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick117 Rnd4 Malachi Moore
Malachi Moore in the 117th overall pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick150 Rnd5 Tez Johnson
Somehow Tez Johnson was still sitting there in Round 5, Pick 11, and they pounced on premier wide receiver value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick170 Rnd5 Tory Horton
You do not let a wide receiver like Tory Horton reach slot 170 and blink. They did not. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick172 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
Tyler Shough in No. 172 is a gift, value that borders on unfair. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick174 Rnd5 Emery Jones Jr.
A offensive lineman of that caliber at the 174th pick is the definition of value, full stop. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick190 Rnd6 Upton Stout
A tidy little value on Upton Stout in pick No. 190, a step better than break-even. Stacking talent where they were already deep.
Pick211 Rnd6 Jamon Dumas-Johnson
No edge and no loss on Jamon Dumas-Johnson in Round 6, Pick 33; it is a wash and a sensible one. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick249 Rnd7 Eric Gregory
Eric Gregory at the 249th pick is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The roster fit checks out.