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Draft Selections
Abdul Carter Head Shot
PICK: 12 RND: 1 (DAL)
Abdul Carter
DE-EDGE Penn State
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (DAL)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Kaleb Johnson Head Shot
PICK: 76 RND: 3 (DAL)
Kaleb Johnson
RB Iowa
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (DAL)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Carson Schwesinger Head Shot
PICK: 150 RND: 5 (DAL)
Carson Schwesinger
LB UCLA
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (DAL)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
J.C. Davis Head Shot
PICK: 170 RND: 5 (DAL)
J.C. Davis
OT Illinois
Denzel Burke Head Shot
PICK: 172 RND: 5 (DAL)
Denzel Burke
CB Ohio State
Sebastian Castro Head Shot
PICK: 174 RND: 5 (DAL)
Sebastian Castro
S Iowa
Terrance Ferguson Head Shot
PICK: 190 RND: 6 (DAL)
Terrance Ferguson
TE Oregon
Jaylen Reed Head Shot
PICK: 211 RND: 6 (DAL)
Jaylen Reed
S Penn State
Smael Mondon Jr. Head Shot
PICK: 249 RND: 7 (DAL)
Smael Mondon Jr.
LB Georgia
Draft Picks Received
Tyleik Williams Head Shot
PICK: 54 RND: 2 (GB)
Tyleik Williams
DT Ohio State
Jayden Higgins Head Shot
PICK: 87 RND: 3 (GB)
Jayden Higgins
WR Iowa State
Dylan Fairchild Head Shot
PICK: 160 RND: 5 (GB)
Dylan Fairchild
OG Georgia
No Pick Head Shot
PICK: RND: 7 (GB)
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Draft Picks Traded
Aireontae Ersery Head Shot
PICK: 44 RND: 2 (GB)
Aireontae Ersery
OT Minnesota
Players Gained
Head Shot
Kingsley Enagbare
LB
Draft Grade — Cowboys
Overall B
ValueA- NeedB- TradesA FutureB-
Grand theft in slot 249: the Cowboys steal Mondon Jr. and grade out a B.

The board owed the Cowboys one, and it paid up: Smael Mondon Jr., the No. 110 name on the board, sitting there at slot 249 like a gift left on the doorstep.

Reaching for Davis left real value on the table behind him. If this class has a fault line, it runs straight through quarterback. The dealing nudged the ledger their way without much fuss.

Job largely done: wide receiver settled and 7 of 8 of the wish list covered.

A tidy weekend of work that should hold up just fine.

Pick Analysis
Pick12 Rnd1 Abdul Carter
In the 12th overall pick they get a quarterback's worst nightmare at a price that makes it sweeter.
Pick54 Rnd2 Tyleik Williams
Value with a capital V on Tyleik Williams in slot 54, a genuine coup. It plugs a real leak on the depth chart.
Pick76 Rnd3 Kaleb Johnson
Kaleb Johnson in the 76th pick should not have been possible, and that is the whole point. It shores up a spot that genuinely needed the help.
Pick87 Rnd3 Jayden Higgins
Jayden Higgins is a better player than No. 87 suggests; smart patience, rewarded. They walked in needing this and walked out with it.
Pick150 Rnd5 Carson Schwesinger
Steal is underselling it; Carson Schwesinger at Round 5, Pick 11 is a heist with the alarm still ringing. Top of the wish list, and they did not leave without it.
Pick160 Rnd5 Dylan Fairchild
They barely believed it either: Dylan Fairchild still on the board at pick No. 160. That was the need underlined and circled, and now it is checked off.
Pick170 Rnd5 J.C. Davis
A swing that ignored the value entirely, J.C. Davis well ahead of where he belonged. A must-fix position, and they treated it like one.
Pick172 Rnd5 Denzel Burke
You do not let a cornerback like Denzel Burke reach the Round 5 slot and blink. They did not. The biggest hole on the depth chart just got a whole lot smaller.
Pick174 Rnd5 Sebastian Castro
Taking Sebastian Castro in slot 174 is close to grand larceny; a safety that good had no business lasting this long. A minor need, but a need all the same.
Pick190 Rnd6 Terrance Ferguson
Somehow Terrance Ferguson was still sitting there in Round 6, Pick 12, and they pounced on premier tight end value. It fills a real need, too.
Pick211 Rnd6 Jaylen Reed
Jaylen Reed at pick No. 211 is daylight robbery; nobody expected him to last. They doubled down on a strength rather than a need.
Pick249 Rnd7 Smael Mondon Jr.
The board fumbled Smael Mondon Jr. all the way to pick 249, and they scooped it up. It also answers one of the loudest questions on the roster.