COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE C+

  1. Home
  2. My Stuff
  3. 326256 DC1

326256 DC1 C+

URL 326256-dc1-cowboys-1755

Letter grade with a four-component score, written analysis, and a pick-by-pick breakdown for every selection in this saved mock.

My Mock Drafts →
Grade another draft →
C+

Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys did enough to get by: C+.

by Boke · 2026 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 2 steals · 5 reaches
Value C+
Need B
Trades C-
Future B

The Cowboys torched the value chart for Kaleb Elarms-Orr, taking him 37 spots sooner than anyone had him slotted.

The Haulcy steal is the beam this whole class leans on. The quarterback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.20 · Pick 20 · Akheem Mesidor · DL-EDGE · rank 37
In the 20th pick they get a double-digit-sack hope, even if it was a touch early. More want than need.
R1.27 · Pick 27 · Anthony Hill Jr. · LB · rank 38
In No. 27 they get a green-dot type in the middle, though they paid up to get him. It fills the loudest need on the roster.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Caleb Banks · DL · rank 41
A tidy bit of business in the 49th overall pick, where Caleb Banks graded well above the range. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R2.26 · Pick 58 · Caleb Tiernan · OT · rank 54
Caleb Tiernan in pick No. 58 is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.11 · Pick 75 · A.J. Haulcy · S · rank 49
Steal is underselling it; A.J. Haulcy at pick 75 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
R3.28 · Pick 92 · Ja'Kobi Lane · WR · rank 98
Ja'Kobi Lane in slot 92 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R4.12 · Pick 112 · Tacario Davis · CB · rank 108
Good price on Tacario Davis in the Round 4 slot, a hair ahead of his grade with no real quibbles. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R4.39 · Pick 139 · Kaleb Elarms-Orr · LB · rank 176
Kaleb Elarms-Orr in the 139th pick is a bet on their own eyes over everyone else's grade. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R5.12 · Pick 152 · Zxavian Harris · DT · rank 154
No edge and no loss on Zxavian Harris in the 152nd overall pick; it is a wash and a sensible one. It fills a real need, too.
R5.37 · Pick 177 · Seth McGowan · RB · rank 180
A market-rate running back, with the board and the slot shaking hands on Seth McGowan. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
R5.40 · Pick 180 · DJ Campbell · OG · rank 183
No drama and no debate, DJ Campbell went about where he belonged in pick No. 180. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.15 · Pick 196 · Lander Barton · LB · rank 224
They reached into another round for Lander Barton, and the board is nowhere close to agreeing. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Jalen Huskey · S · rank 235
A reach on Jalen Huskey in pick 218; the board had better options right there. A want more than a need, though you can never have too many.
View Full Draft