With middle linebacker Sean Lee out for the season with a torn ACL, his replacement could be fourth-round draft pick Anthony Hitchens from Iowa. Of the nine draft picks, Hitchens’ selection, 119th overall, was the most questionable. Some draft experts had Hitchens as a sixth- or seventh-round pick. The Cowboys saw more value there in the 6-foot, 240-pounder. “When everybody grades him on our staff and we go through the things that are important to play the position, and the guys hits all the checkmarks we have in the fourth round as far as our grades, we feel comfortable where we are getting him,” said Will McClay, the Cowboys’ assistant director of player personnel.
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