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Draft Selections
Mansoor Delane Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Mansoor Delane
CB LSU
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (DAL)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (DAL)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
D'Angelo Ponds Head Shot
PICK: 112 RND: 4 (DAL)
D'Angelo Ponds
CB Indiana
Red Murdock Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Red Murdock
LB Buffalo
Miles Kitselman Head Shot
PICK: 177 RND: 5 (DAL)
Miles Kitselman
TE Tennessee
J. Michael Sturdivant Head Shot
PICK: 215 RND: 6 (DAL)
J. Michael Sturdivant
WR Florida
Joey Aguilar Head Shot
PICK: 221 RND: 7 (DAL)
Joey Aguilar
QB Tennessee
PJ Williams Head Shot
PICK: 225 RND: 7 (DAL)
PJ Williams
OT SMU
Draft Picks Received
Sonny Styles Head Shot
PICK: 38 RND: 2 (HOU)
Sonny Styles
LB Ohio State
A.J. Haulcy Head Shot
PICK: 59 RND: 2 (HOU)
A.J. Haulcy
S LSU
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 89 RND: 3 (CHI)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Draft Picks Traded
Kayden McDonald Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (HOU)
Kayden McDonald
DL Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 4 (ARI)
NEXT YEAR (2027)
 
Players traded away
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Jonathan Mingo
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Luke Schoonmaker
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Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall C
ValueB- NeedB+ TradesF FutureC+
A costly weekend of dealing drags the Cowboys to a C.

You can lose a draft before you make a pick. The Cowboys did it at the trade table, overpaying to chase players the board did not price nearly as high. The final tally is a middling C.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through running back. The Murdock reach is the anchor dragging on the value grade.

On the needs board they went 6 of 8, with wide receiver the one that mattered most.

Bottom line, the swing picks will decide whether this ages well.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Mansoor Delane
In pick No. 12 they get a press-man option on the boundary. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick38 Rnd2 Sonny Styles
Sonny Styles at slot 38 is neither steal nor reach, just the going rate. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick59 Rnd2 A.J. Haulcy
A.J. Haulcy in Round 2, Pick 27 is exactly on the number, no argument either way. It thickens a room that could stand to be thicker.
Pick89 Rnd3 Jacob Rodriguez
They paid sticker price for Jacob Rodriguez in the Round 3 slot, and that is fine. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick112 Rnd4 D'Angelo Ponds
D'Angelo Ponds in the 112th overall pick lands just on the right side of the ledger. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.
Pick150 Rnd5 Red Murdock
Red Murdock at pick 150 jumps the queue by a touch more than is comfortable. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.
Pick177 Rnd5 Miles Kitselman
A straight-up fair deal on Miles Kitselman at the 177th pick, value and slot in agreement. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick215 Rnd6 J. Michael Sturdivant
By-the-book stuff, J. Michael Sturdivant at No. 215 squarely in line with his ranking. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick221 Rnd7 Joey Aguilar
Joey Aguilar at the Round 7 slot is a sound buy, the sort that quietly helps a class. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.
Pick225 Rnd7 PJ Williams
No drama and no debate, PJ Williams went about where he belonged in the 225th overall pick. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.