COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B

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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
Value C
Need B+
Trades A+
Future B-

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

R1.17 · Pick 17 · Armand Membou · OT · rank 48
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.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 15
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.
R2.17 · Pick 49 · Deone Walker · DT · rank 66
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.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Jayden Higgins · WR · rank 71
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.
R4.16 · Pick 117 · Smael Mondon Jr. · LB · rank 103
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.
R5.11 · Pick 148 · Kevin Jennings · QB · rank 239
Kevin Jennings at slot 148 is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
R5.31 · Pick 168 · Quinshon Judkins · RB · rank 69
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.
R5.33 · Pick 170 · Brandon Adams · CB · rank 224
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.
R5.36 · Pick 173 · Ricky White III · WR · rank 190
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.
R6.11 · Pick 186 · DJ Campbell · OG · rank 214
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.
R6.16 · Pick 191 · Ben Yurosek · TE · rank 238
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.
R6.34 · Pick 209 · Thor Griffith · DL · rank 277
A swing that ignored the value entirely, Thor Griffith well ahead of where he belonged. It fills a real need, too.
R7.32 · Pick 248 · Ollie Gordon II · RB · rank 165
They barely believed it either: Ollie Gordon II still on the board at pick No. 248. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.