B
Dallas Cowboys
Judkins should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B.
by Mitch ·
2025 NFL Draft
· 13 picks
· 4 steals
· 8 reaches
The Cowboys spent the weekend waiting on one name, and it fell: Quinshon Judkins, the No. 69 name on the board, in Round 5, Pick 31.
The Jennings reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade. Every deal seemed to tilt their way, which is not luck.
Grover Stewart gives the group a proven body among the projects.
In sum, a sensible class that nudges the roster the right way.
Pick-by-Pick
In pick 17 they get a plug-and-play piece up front, though the board says they badly overpaid. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Steal is underselling it; Omarion Hampton at No. 45 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Deone Walker at the 49th overall pick jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
They did well to land Jayden Higgins in the 76th pick, just ahead of his grade. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Smael Mondon Jr. is a better player than Round 4, Pick 16 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Kevin Jennings at slot 148 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Quinshon Judkins at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Brandon Adams in pick No. 170 is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Ricky White III at Round 5, Pick 36 is a conviction pick that outran the value. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
A real head-scratcher, DJ Campbell in No. 186 is miles ahead of his ranking. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
They left a pile of value on the table to take Ben Yurosek this early at pick 191. A need, and now a little less of one.
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Thor Griffith well ahead of where he belonged. It fills a real need, too.
They barely believed it either: Ollie Gordon II still on the board at pick No. 248. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
