dhernandez54'S MOCK DRAFT
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dhernandez54'S MOCK DRAFT
RUN ON NOV 9, 2025

2026 mock draft

  • dhernandez54 DRAFTING FOR THE
    Cowboys
Draft Selections
Arvell Reese Head Shot
PICK: 14 RND: 1 (DAL)
Arvell Reese
LB Ohio State
David Bailey Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
David Bailey
LB-EDGE Texas Tech
Jacob Rodriguez Head Shot
PICK: 114 RND: 4 (DAL)
Jacob Rodriguez
LB Texas Tech
Jermaine Mathews Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 154 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jermaine Mathews Jr.
CB Ohio State
Lee Hunter Head Shot
PICK: 176 RND: 5 (DAL)
Lee Hunter
DT Texas Tech
Peyton Bowen Head Shot
PICK: 219 RND: 7 (DAL)
Peyton Bowen
S Oklahoma
Kayin Lee Head Shot
PICK: 231 RND: 7 (DAL)
Kayin Lee
CB Auburn
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueC+ NeedB TradesB- FutureB-
Good, not great, for the Cowboys: B-.

There is conviction, and then there is this. The Cowboys took Jacob Rodriguez a full 43 picks ahead of where the board had him, an overdraft steep enough that it colors the whole weekend. It does the job without flash, and the B- reflects it.

If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through wide receiver. They went 3 of 8 on their needs, which is most of what a draft is for.

Nearly every premium pick went to that side of the ball.

In sum, a sturdy weekend with one asterisk, the wide receiver spot they never got to.

Pick Analysis
Pick14 Rnd1 Arvell Reese
In the 14th pick they get a three-down second-level presence. Exactly the need they had to hit.
Pick24 Rnd1 David Bailey
In pick 24 they get juice off the edge, though they paid up to get him. Need was not the driver here.
Pick114 Rnd4 Jacob Rodriguez
A wild overpay on Jacob Rodriguez in slot 114, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick154 Rnd5 Jermaine Mathews Jr.
Value said wait; Jermaine Mathews Jr. in Round 5, Pick 14 says they were not listening. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick176 Rnd5 Lee Hunter
Lee Hunter at the 176th overall pick is the pick scouts circle, and not in a good way. Another box on the needs board, quietly ticked.
Pick219 Rnd7 Peyton Bowen
Peyton Bowen in the Round 7 slot is a reach so steep the board needed a second look to believe it. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick231 Rnd7 Kayin Lee
Kayin Lee at pick 231 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.