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NFL Draft 2025: Dallas Cowboys Picks, Team Needs, Targets, & Mock Draft
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All eyes will be on the 2025 NFL Draft. What steps might Jerry Jones take to enhance the roster? View the Cowboys’ picks, team needs, targets, and mock draft.
Dallas Cowboys Draft Picks
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— Dallas Cowboys (@dallascowboys) April 18, 2025
Whatever the Cowboys do, the media will talk about it, and that’s precisely what Jones wants.
The Cowboys have 10 draft picks, with half coming in rounds 6-7.
With most of their holes on offense, expect Dallas to use high draft capital on impact players like wide receiver and running back.
2025 NFL Draft: Dallas Cowboys Picks
- Round 1: No. 12
- Round 2: No. 44
- Round 3: No. 76
- Round 5: No. 149
- Round 5: No. 174 (compensatory pick)
- Round 6: No. 204 (from Lions)
- Round 6: No. 211 (compensatory pick)
- Round 7: No. 217 (from Titans)
- Round 7: No. 239 (from Packers)
- Round 7: No. 247 (from Chiefs)
2025 NFL Draft: Dallas’ Team Needs
One way to evaluate the greatness of Tyron Smith is that the #Cowboys drafted him with JJ Watt on the board.
Watt became a three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year in Houston.
Still nobody ever criticized the Cowboys drafting Smith. He was that great. pic.twitter.com/U1rwLYtEDy
— Ed Werder (@WerderEdNFL) April 17, 2025
Wide Receiver
CeeDee Lamb is one of the three best receivers in the NFL, but he desperately needs a running mate, and Stephen Jones knows it.
Dallas’ lack of a No. 2 wide receiver limits their ing game ability, since Lamb will constantly face double coverage.
Jalen Tolbert, KaVontae Turpin, Jonathan Mingo, and Paris Campbell are the receivers in the running to be Prescott’s No. 2 option.
In other words, Jerry needs to draft a wideout.
Running Back
Dallas is objectively a better team when they can run the ball.
Ezekiel Elliott and Tony Pollard thrived behind a stout offensive line.
After Rico Dowdle left during free agency, the Cowboys signed Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders, two guys who would be better off being the second option.
It’s time to find a three-down back in the draft.
Offensive Line
For the last 11 seasons, the Cowboys had future first-ballot Hall of Famer Zack Martin line up at guard.
That won’t be the case in 2025, as Martin retired in February.
It’s unlikely that Dallas will ever find another lineman as good as Martin, but they need to take a shot at finding a decent replacement.
2025 NFL Mock Draft: Cowboys
- Round 1: No. 12 – Texas WR Matthew Golden
- Round 2: No. 44 – Iowa State CB Darien Porter
- Round 3: No. 76 – Tennessee RB Dylan Sampson
- Round 5: No. 149 – Miami OG Jalen Rivers
- Round 5: No. 174 (compensatory pick) – Oregon LB Jeffrey Bassa
- Round 6: No. 204 (from Lions) – UCF CB Mac McWilliams
- Round 6: No. 211 (compensatory pick) – Indiana QB Kurtis Rourke
- Round 7: No. 217 (from Titans) – Arkansas WR Isaac TeSlaa
- Round 7: No. 239 (from Packers) – BYU edge Tyler Batty
- Round 7: No. 247 (from Chiefs) – Maryland S Dante Trader Jr.
The 2025 NFL Draft is April 24–26 in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
