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Draft Selections
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DAL)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DAL)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (DAL)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (DAL)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Demetrius Knight Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Demetrius Knight Jr.
LB South Carolina
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (DAL)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
Lathan Ransom Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Lathan Ransom
S Ohio State
Cody Simon Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
Cody Simon
LB Ohio State
LeQuint Allen Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
LeQuint Allen
RB Syracuse
Jonah Monheim Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Jonah Monheim
C USC
Kurtis Rourke Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Kurtis Rourke
QB Indiana
KeAndre Lambert-Smith Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
KeAndre Lambert-Smith
WR Auburn
Mac McWilliams Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Mac McWilliams
CB UCF
Draft Picks Received
Walter Nolen Head Shot
PICK: 20 RND: 1 (DEN)
Walter Nolen
DT Ole Miss
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 51 RND: 2 (DEN)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Isaiah Bond Head Shot
PICK: 66 RND: 3 (KC)
Isaiah Bond
WR Texas
Alfred Collins Head Shot
PICK: 69 RND: 3 (NE)
Alfred Collins
DT Texas
Donovan Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 105 RND: 4 (NE)
Donovan Jackson
OT Ohio State
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 3 (DEN)
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Draft Picks Traded
Emeka Egbuka Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DEN)
Emeka Egbuka
WR Ohio State
Colston Loveland Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (KC)
Colston Loveland
TE Michigan
Players Gained
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Nik Bonitto
LB
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Cornell Powell
WR
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B+
ValueB+ NeedB TradesA+ FutureB
Rourke should have been long gone. The Cowboys pounced, and earned a B+.

Every so often the board makes a mistake, and the Cowboys were there to profit. Kurtis Rourke, the No. 144 name on the board, should have been long gone before the 190th overall pick.

They robbed the room blind at the table, and it lifts the grade on its own. Leaving tight end unaddressed is the roster risk they will have to answer for in the fall.

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

Pick Analysis
Pick20 Rnd1 Walter Nolen
In pick 20 they get a run-stuffing presence up front. A real need, handled.
Pick51 Rnd2 Kaleb Johnson
They read the board right and Kaleb Johnson was the payoff at the 51st pick. It fills a real need, too.
Pick66 Rnd3 Isaiah Bond
Good things come to war rooms that wait, and Isaiah Bond at pick No. 66 is the proof. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick69 Rnd3 Alfred Collins
A slide stopped in the 69th overall pick, with Alfred Collins worth more than the price. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick76 Rnd3 Demetrius Knight Jr.
Value with a capital V on Demetrius Knight Jr. in No. 76, a genuine coup. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick105 Rnd4 Donovan Jackson
Steal is underselling it; Donovan Jackson at slot 105 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick150 Rnd5 Lathan Ransom
Lathan Ransom at the Round 5 slot is the steal of the weekend, a first-round talent at a bargain-bin price. Useful depth more than a marquee fix.
Pick170 Rnd5 Cody Simon
Cody Simon at Round 5, Pick 31 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. The one spot they could not leave alone, and did not.
Pick172 Rnd5 LeQuint Allen
LeQuint Allen in Round 5, Pick 33 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. A need, and now a little less of one.
Pick174 Rnd5 Jonah Monheim
You do not let an offensive lineman like Jonah Monheim reach slot 174 and blink. They did not. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick190 Rnd6 Kurtis Rourke
They barely believed it either: Kurtis Rourke still on the board at the 190th pick. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick211 Rnd6 KeAndre Lambert-Smith
They will replay KeAndre Lambert-Smith at pick No. 211 for years; that is how good the value is. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick249 Rnd7 Mac McWilliams
Mac McWilliams in pick 249 is a bargain the rest of the room will envy. This was priority one on the needs board, and now it is handled.