COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B+

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Dallas Cowboys

The Cowboys fleeced the room on the phones and earned a B+.

by HR · 2025 NFL Draft · 15 picks · 7 steals · 3 reaches
Value B
Need B
Trades A+
Future B

The tape said wait; the Cowboys did not. Jasheen Davis went at pick 251, a good 110 picks before the board was ready. More right than wrong, and a B+ to match.

The Gabriel steal is the beam this whole class leans on. They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Adding Grover Stewart by trade rounds out the weekend beyond the rookies.

All told, a draft that does its job without fuss, and there is real value in that.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.14 · Pick 14 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In the 14th overall pick they get a three-down runner, outstanding value to boot.
R2.22 · Pick 54 · Tre Harris · WR · rank 48
Tre Harris in the Round 2 slot is fine work, a shade of surplus and no downside. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 67
They read the board right and Deone Walker was the payoff at Round 3, Pick 12. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
R3.16 · Pick 80 · Carson Schwesinger · LB · rank 87
Carson Schwesinger in slot 80 is fair value, right on his grade. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R3.23 · Pick 87 · Donovan Jackson · OT · rank 86
No drama and no debate, Donovan Jackson went about where he belonged in the 87th pick. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R5.11 · Pick 150 · Jack Nelson · OT · rank 130
Steal is underselling it; Jack Nelson at No. 150 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R5.13 · Pick 152 · Oronde Gadsden II · TE · rank 143
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Oronde Gadsden II at No. 152 is the proof. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
R5.21 · Pick 160 · Robert Spears-Jennings · S · rank 146
Robert Spears-Jennings in the 160th overall pick is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. A minor need, but a need all the same.
R5.31 · Pick 170 · Xavier Scott · CB · rank 167
Fair-plus on Xavier Scott, a quiet win that adds up over a draft. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.33 · Pick 172 · Dillon Gabriel · QB · rank 133
They robbed the room for Dillon Gabriel here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
R5.35 · Pick 174 · Jaylen Reed · S · rank 188
A conviction pick on Jaylen Reed at pick No. 174 that the board grades a round light. Pure best-available; the position was not exactly begging.
R6.12 · Pick 190 · Jack Kiser · LB · rank 203
Jack Kiser in pick 190 is the kind of reach that only looks good if he outplays it. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
R6.33 · Pick 211 · Trey Zuhn III · OT · rank 215
A straight-up fair deal on Trey Zuhn III at slot 211, value and slot in agreement. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R7.31 · Pick 249 · Ja'Corey Brooks · WR · rank 225
Ja'Corey Brooks at Round 7, Pick 31 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.
R7.33 · Pick 251 · Jasheen Davis · DL-EDGE · rank 361
Jasheen Davis at pick No. 251 is an overdraft of the loud, memorable kind. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
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