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Draft Selections
JC Latham Head Shot
PICK: 24 RND: 1 (DAL)
JC Latham
OT Alabama
Jordan Morgan Head Shot
PICK: 56 RND: 2 (DAL)
Jordan Morgan
OT Arizona
McKinnley Jackson Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
McKinnley Jackson
DL Texas A&M
Tyrice Knight Head Shot
PICK: 124 RND: 4 (DAL)
Tyrice Knight
LB UTEP
Christian Jones Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Christian Jones
OT Texas
Jeremy Flax Head Shot
PICK: 212 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jeremy Flax
OT Kentucky
Joshua Cephus Head Shot
PICK: 245 RND: 7 (DAL)
Joshua Cephus
WR UTSA
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueB NeedB+ TradesB- FutureB-
The Cowboys let Morgan fall into their laps, and walked away with a B.

The value of the weekend has a name and a slot: Jordan Morgan, No. 56, roughly 31 picks past where he belonged. Solid and sensible more than spectacular: a B.

They will need Jones to outplay his draft slot in a hurry to justify it. That cornerback hole did not close this weekend, and it was the biggest one on the wall.

Add it up and it is a good, unfussy class.

Pick Analysis
Pick24 Rnd1 JC Latham
In slot 24 they get a plug-and-play piece up front. The biggest hole, addressed.
Pick56 Rnd2 Jordan Morgan
Jordan Morgan in No. 56 should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. Better still, it is exactly the hole they had to fill.
Pick87 Rnd3 McKinnley Jackson
McKinnley Jackson in pick No. 87 is fair value, right on his grade. It patches a soft spot without any drama.
Pick124 Rnd4 Tyrice Knight
A tidy bit of business in the Round 4 slot, where Tyrice Knight graded well above the range. A glaring weakness, addressed head on.
Pick174 Rnd5 Christian Jones
A wild overpay on Christian Jones in the 174th overall pick, the sort that defines a class for the wrong reasons. It answers the question that was keeping the coaches up at night.
Pick212 Rnd6 Jeremy Flax
Jeremy Flax at pick 212 is a steep price for a hunch, hard to square with any board. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick245 Rnd7 Joshua Cephus
Joshua Cephus in Round 7, Pick 25 lands just on the right side of the ledger. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.