COWBOYS MOCK DRAFT GRADE B-

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Dallas Cowboys

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

by Kotes · 2025 NFL Draft · 13 picks · 8 steals · 2 reaches
Value B+
Need B-
Trades B-
Future C+

You can fall in love with a player. You are not supposed to marry him in the wrong round. The Cowboys did exactly that with Barryn Sorrell in pick 170. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

However the rest shakes out, Perkins Jr. at that price is a win they earned. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. Job largely done: offensive lineman settled and 4 of 8 of the wish list covered.

Good work on the whole, with wide receiver the one box left unchecked.

Pick-by-Pick

R1.24 · Pick 24 · Kenneth Grant · DT · rank 26
In pick 24 they get an anchor for the defensive front at fair value. A clean fit for the roster.
R2.13 · Pick 45 · Omarion Hampton · RB · rank 19
They will replay Omarion Hampton at the 45th overall pick for years; that is how good the value is. It fills a real need, too.
R3.12 · Pick 76 · Jihaad Campbell · LB · rank 40
A top-tier linebacker at a bargain, Jihaad Campbell in Round 3, Pick 12, plain and simple. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
R3.20 · Pick 84 · Malachi Moore · S · rank 74
They let Malachi Moore come to them and pounced at No. 84. Depth more than a fix, but depth they can use.
R3.22 · Pick 86 · Dylan Sampson · RB · rank 43
Somehow Dylan Sampson was still sitting there in slot 86, and they pounced on premier running back value. The roster fit checks out.
R5.13 · Pick 151 · Jake Majors · C · rank 95
They barely believed it either: Jake Majors still on the board at the 151st pick. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
R5.18 · Pick 156 · Lathan Ransom · S · rank 107
Lathan Ransom in Round 5, Pick 18 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. They added to a strength when a need was still open elsewhere.
R5.30 · Pick 168 · Jay Higgins · LB · rank 125
Jay Higgins in pick 168 is the kind of fall that makes a whole class. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
R5.32 · Pick 170 · Barryn Sorrell · LB-EDGE · rank 291
A real head-scratcher, Barryn Sorrell in the Round 5 slot is miles ahead of his ranking. A quiet depth add at a thin-ish spot.
R5.33 · Pick 171 · Miles Frazier · OG · rank 209
Value said wait; Miles Frazier in No. 171 says they were not listening. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
R6.14 · Pick 189 · Harold Perkins Jr. · LB · rank 128
You do not let a linebacker like Harold Perkins Jr. reach the 189th overall pick and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
R6.34 · Pick 209 · DJ Campbell · OG · rank 211
By-the-book stuff, DJ Campbell at slot 209 squarely in line with his ranking. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
R7.34 · Pick 248 · Shilo Sanders · S · rank 245
They did well to land Shilo Sanders in pick No. 248, just ahead of his grade. Nice player, but the depth chart did not need him here.
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