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FRISCO, Texas \u2014 The time has arrived, ladies and gentleman, cats and dogs, birds and hamsters, alike. The 2025 NFL Draft is upon us and that means it’s time for the Dallas Cowboys to make decisions that will help form not only the season to come, but the next half-decade or more; and considering just how much they depend on their prowess in scouting talent for roster improvements in late April, they need home run swings in their at-bats.<\/p>\n
At the time of this column going to print, they’ll have 10 attempts at the plate, despite executing several trades prior to now. There’s a chance one or two additional trades will occur within the next day or two, if not sooner, but let’s go with what we know at the moment.<\/p>\n
And what we know is where the Cowboys need to focus their plan of attack as the draft unfolds over the course of the three-day event.<\/p>\n
Draft needs (unranked): RB, WR, iDL, CB, LB, OL, EDGE<\/p>\n
Yet another season of uneasiness surrounds the running backs depth chart, and while a one-year deal for Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders provides insurance, the length of the deals indicate hope more so than an outright promise of a fix.<\/p>\n
Free agency also includes additions at linebacker, wide receiver, interior defensive line, and the offensive line, but should any of those preclude the Cowboys from sticking to their board and\/or grabbing the best player available when one is staring them directly in the corneas??<\/p>\n
Ah, that is the question, my dear Watson, so let’s discuss the science of the matter.<\/p>\n
In 2023, it prevailed when the Cowboys selected DeMarvion Overshown, someone I mocked to Dallas just ahead of the draft<\/a>. In 2024, the Cowboys executed the exact trade with the Detroit Lions that I mocked<\/a>, also just ahead of the draft.<\/p>\n I’m aiming for the hat trick in 2025.<\/p>\n Dallas Cowboys, you’re officially on the clock.<\/p>\n Draft Selection Order (10):<\/p>\n Round 1: 12th overall \n 1. Tetairoa McMillan, WR<\/p>\n Pick: 12th-overall, Round 1 Honors: Consensus All-American (2024), First-team All-Big 12 (2024), Second-team All-Pac 12 (2023), Polynesian College Football Player of the Year (2024), Polynesian High School Football Player of the Year (2021)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Editor’s note: The content provided is based on opinions and\/or perspective of the DallasCowboys.com editorial staff and not…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":52413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[419,7,417,418,12609,420,18088,6,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-52412","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nfl-draft","8":"tag-featured-offseason-2025","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-news-all-news","11":"tag-news-draft-central-2025","12":"tag-news-featured-sponsored-content","13":"tag-news-patrik-walker","14":"tag-news-science-lab","15":"tag-nfl","16":"tag-nfl-draft"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114512591988626284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nRound 2: 44th overall
\nRound 3: 76th overall
\nRound 5: 149th overall
\nRound 5: 174th overall (compensatory)
\nRound 6: 204th overall (acquired from Bills in Elam trade)
\nRound 6: 211th overall (compensatory)
\nRound 7: 217th overall (acquired from Patriots in Milton trade)
\nRound 7: 239th overall (acquired from Titans in Murray trade)
\nRound 7: 247th overall<\/p>\n
School: Arizona
\n*Pre-draft interest*: Official 30<\/p>\n