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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Deone Walker Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Deone Walker
DT Kentucky
Logan Brown Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Logan Brown
OT Kansas
Tyler Shough Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Tyler Shough
QB Louisville
Dont'e Thornton Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dont'e Thornton Jr.
WR Tennessee
Ollie Gordon II Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Ollie Gordon II
RB Oklahoma State
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B-
ValueB+ NeedB- TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Nolen fall and pounced. Final grade: B-.

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Walter Nolen, the No. 17 name on the board, sitting there at the 44th overall pick like a gift left on the doorstep.

The cornerback spot stays a question, and it was the one they most needed an answer at. Thornton Jr. has a lot of ground to make up just to look fairly priced. Wide receiver was the priority and it is no longer a question, which is most of the job.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
Quietly one of the better values of the day, Abdul Carter at No. 12. Not urgent, but hardly pointless.
Pick44 Rnd2 Walter Nolen
They robbed the room for Walter Nolen here, a fall nobody at the table saw coming. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 Deone Walker
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Deone Walker at pick No. 76 is the proof. A sensible fit that makes the depth chart a little sturdier.
Pick150 Rnd5 Logan Brown
They took Logan Brown at par in pick 150, which is nothing to complain about. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick170 Rnd5 Tyler Shough
Tyler Shough at the Round 5 slot is the sort of value that quietly wins a weekend. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick172 Rnd5 Dont'e Thornton Jr.
They paid up for Dont'e Thornton Jr. at slot 172 when waiting would have done the job. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick174 Rnd5 Ollie Gordon II
Ollie Gordon II at Round 5, Pick 35 is right where the board had him, plain and simple. One more legitimate question on the roster, answered.