COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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Dallas Cowboys

A respectable, level-headed haul for the Cowboys: B.

by HR · 2025 NFL Draft · 12 picks · 3 steals · 6 reaches
Value B
Need B+
Trades A-
Future B-

Boards are made to be trusted, and the Cowboys shredded theirs for Donovan Smith. He came off 64 spots early, and the room will hear about it. A sturdy weekend that grades out a B.

On value alone, Burden III makes the weekend a net positive. A whole weekend of picks and linebacker is somehow still a want. The trade work was a quiet net positive.

Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.12 · Pick 12 · Ashton Jeanty · RB · rank 2
In No. 12 they get a featured back at a price that makes it sweeter.
R2.14 · Pick 46 · Luther Burden III · WR · rank 22
Luther Burden III at pick No. 46 is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Maxwell Hairston · CB · rank 72
A clean, defensible pick in the 76th pick with a little surplus value in Maxwell Hairston. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R4.16 · Pick 118 · Zy Alexander · CB · rank 97
They will replay Zy Alexander at Round 4, Pick 16 for years; that is how good the value is. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
R5.11 · Pick 149 · Logan Brown · OT · rank 146
Logan Brown at pick 149 is a sensible buy, a touch better than market for the offensive lineman. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R5.33 · Pick 171 · Connor Colby · OG · rank 183
They went early on Connor Colby in the Round 5 slot, and the value did not follow. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
R5.36 · Pick 174 · JJ Pegues · DT · rank 184
A reach on JJ Pegues in slot 174; the board had better options right there. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
R6.28 · Pick 204 · Donovan Smith · QB · rank 268
A real head-scratcher, Donovan Smith in the 204th pick is miles ahead of his ranking. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R6.35 · Pick 211 · Davin Vann · DE-EDGE · rank 271
Davin Vann in No. 211 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R7.2 · Pick 218 · Ja'Corey Brooks · WR · rank 231
Ja'Corey Brooks at Round 7, Pick 2 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R7.23 · Pick 239 · Jabbar Muhammad · CB · rank 237
By-the-book stuff, Jabbar Muhammad at the Round 7 slot squarely in line with his ranking. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
R7.31 · Pick 247 · Kaden Prather · WR · rank 274
They talked themselves into Kaden Prather at pick 247, and the board did not agree. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
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