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Cowboys Pre-Draft Visit Tracker: Six Potential First-Round Picks Already Scheduled To Visit Dallas
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...l-first-round-picks-scheduled-to-visit-dallas
...The holy grail of Cowboys pre-draft activity is the official pre-draft visit. Every year in early April, the Cowboys are allowed to bring in up to 30 usually high-profile, national draft-eligible players for official pre-draft visits. Additionally, they also bring in as many draft-eligible local prospects as they like for visits and workouts during "Dallas Day", also sometime in April.
Here's why we watch the official pre-draft visits so closely: Over the last 10 years, nine of the Cowboys' 10 top picks in the draft all visited Valley Ranch as part of the Cowboys' official pre-draft visits. Bobby Carpenter ('06), Anthony Spencer ('07), Felix Jones ('08), Jason Williams ('09), Dez Bryant ('10) and Tyron Smith ('11) were all brought in for pre-draft visits, while Morris Claiborne ('12) became the exception that proved the rule: Claiborne became the first Cowboys top pick since DeMarcus Ware in 2005 who wasn't invited to Valley Ranch prior to the draft. But the Cowboys got right back on track when they invited Travis Frederick ('13), Zack Martin ('14), and then brought in Byron Jones for an official visit last year.
But it's not just about the top pick.
Cowboys Pre-draft Visitors per 3/23/2016
CBS RankNamePOSCollegeProj. RdStatus
3Joey BosaDEOhio State1Official Visit
10Vernon HargreavesCBFlorida1Official Visit
11Laquon TreadwellWROle Miss1Official Visit
13Shaq LawsonDEClemson1Official Visit
14Sheldon RankinsDTLouisville1Official Visit
38Derrick HenryRBOhio State1-2Official Visit
549Ryan BrownDEMississippi State- -Official Visit
In addition to the 30 players the Cowboys bring in for pre-draft visits, they also bring in up to 50, and sometimes even more, draft-eligible local prospects who are usually less well known. A player is considered a local prospect if he went to high school or college in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area, he was born there or his parents live there. That DFW area is defined as stretching from Sanctuary in the West to Princeton in the East, and from Prosper in the North to Glenn Heights in the South. TCU, SMU and North Texas are the three colleges in the area from which the Cowboys are allowed to invite prospects, and we can expect a large contingent of TCU player to show up for Dallas Day this year. For now though, we only have one name for that event.
Dallas Day Visitors
CBS RankNamePOSCollegeProj. RdStatus
949Jakeem GrantWRTexas Tech- -Dallas Day
Here's a list of players the Cowboys have had or will have private workouts with. Again, these workouts are just a regular part of the pre-draft evaluation process and don't necessarily signal a heightened interest - unless these names begin showing up on the official visits list.
Private Workouts
CBS RankNamePOSCollegeProj. RdStatus
5Jared GoffQBCalifornia1Private Workout
7Carson WentzQBN.D. State1Private Workout
33Paxton LynchQBMemphis1-2Private Workout
39Connor CookQBMichigan State1-2Private Workout
106Dak PrescottQBMississippi State3-4Private Workout
184Justin SimmonsDBBoston College5-6Private Workout
207Yannick NgakoueDEMaryland6Private Workout
250Luke RhodesLBWilliam & Mary7Private Workout
271Terrance SmithWRFlorida State7-FAPrivate Workout
306Alonzo RussellWRToledo7-FAPrivate Workout
- -Robert JohnsonWRMississippi State- -Private Workout...
http://www.bloggingtheboys.com/2016...l-first-round-picks-scheduled-to-visit-dallas
...The holy grail of Cowboys pre-draft activity is the official pre-draft visit. Every year in early April, the Cowboys are allowed to bring in up to 30 usually high-profile, national draft-eligible players for official pre-draft visits. Additionally, they also bring in as many draft-eligible local prospects as they like for visits and workouts during "Dallas Day", also sometime in April.
Here's why we watch the official pre-draft visits so closely: Over the last 10 years, nine of the Cowboys' 10 top picks in the draft all visited Valley Ranch as part of the Cowboys' official pre-draft visits. Bobby Carpenter ('06), Anthony Spencer ('07), Felix Jones ('08), Jason Williams ('09), Dez Bryant ('10) and Tyron Smith ('11) were all brought in for pre-draft visits, while Morris Claiborne ('12) became the exception that proved the rule: Claiborne became the first Cowboys top pick since DeMarcus Ware in 2005 who wasn't invited to Valley Ranch prior to the draft. But the Cowboys got right back on track when they invited Travis Frederick ('13), Zack Martin ('14), and then brought in Byron Jones for an official visit last year.
But it's not just about the top pick.
- In 2015, the Cowboys brought in their first six draft picks (Byron Jones, Randy Gregory, Chaz Green, Damien Wilson, Ryan Russell, Mark Nzeocha) for official pre-draft visits, and also brought in UDFA signing George Farmer to Valley Ranch.
- In 2014, the Cowboys brought in their top two draft picks, Zack Martin and DeMarcus Lawrence, for pre-draft visits, and also brought in 7th-round pick Ken Bishop as well as UDFA signings Davon Coleman, Chris Whaley, Ben Malena and Dashaun Phillips to Valley Ranch.
- In 2013, the pre-draft visitors proved to be a veritable bonanza for the Cowboys personnel department: Cowboys draft picks Travis Frederick, Terrance Williams, J.J. Wilcox, B.W. Webb, and Joseph Randle were all brought in for pre-draft visits, as were six UDFA signings (Jakar Hamilton, Brandon Magee, Kendial Lawrence, Taylor Reed, Lanear Sampson and Devin Smith).
- In 2012, they brought in Kyle Wilber, Matt Johnson, Ronald Leary, and UDFA Lionel Smith, the year before it was the top three draft pick Tyron Smith, Bruce Carter, and DeMarco Murray along with UDFA Andre Holmes.
Cowboys Pre-draft Visitors per 3/23/2016
CBS RankNamePOSCollegeProj. RdStatus
3Joey BosaDEOhio State1Official Visit
10Vernon HargreavesCBFlorida1Official Visit
11Laquon TreadwellWROle Miss1Official Visit
13Shaq LawsonDEClemson1Official Visit
14Sheldon RankinsDTLouisville1Official Visit
38Derrick HenryRBOhio State1-2Official Visit
549Ryan BrownDEMississippi State- -Official Visit
In addition to the 30 players the Cowboys bring in for pre-draft visits, they also bring in up to 50, and sometimes even more, draft-eligible local prospects who are usually less well known. A player is considered a local prospect if he went to high school or college in the Dallas/Fort-Worth area, he was born there or his parents live there. That DFW area is defined as stretching from Sanctuary in the West to Princeton in the East, and from Prosper in the North to Glenn Heights in the South. TCU, SMU and North Texas are the three colleges in the area from which the Cowboys are allowed to invite prospects, and we can expect a large contingent of TCU player to show up for Dallas Day this year. For now though, we only have one name for that event.
Dallas Day Visitors
CBS RankNamePOSCollegeProj. RdStatus
949Jakeem GrantWRTexas Tech- -Dallas Day
Here's a list of players the Cowboys have had or will have private workouts with. Again, these workouts are just a regular part of the pre-draft evaluation process and don't necessarily signal a heightened interest - unless these names begin showing up on the official visits list.
Private Workouts
CBS RankNamePOSCollegeProj. RdStatus
5Jared GoffQBCalifornia1Private Workout
7Carson WentzQBN.D. State1Private Workout
33Paxton LynchQBMemphis1-2Private Workout
39Connor CookQBMichigan State1-2Private Workout
106Dak PrescottQBMississippi State3-4Private Workout
184Justin SimmonsDBBoston College5-6Private Workout
207Yannick NgakoueDEMaryland6Private Workout
250Luke RhodesLBWilliam & Mary7Private Workout
271Terrance SmithWRFlorida State7-FAPrivate Workout
306Alonzo RussellWRToledo7-FAPrivate Workout
- -Robert JohnsonWRMississippi State- -Private Workout...