Jumbo075
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The Cowboys seem to be having an every other year success during the draft going back to the 2014 season. Let's take a look.
2014 - Two Pro Bowl players still on the roster 10 years later, LB Anthony Hitchens was productive and won a SB with the Chiefs.
2016 - Two Pro Bowl players still on the roster. The Cowboys also got productive seasons from Pro Bowl LB Jaylon Smith, DT Malik Collins and CB Anthony Brown
2018 - the Cowboys got significant contributions and an All-Pro season from their first 5 picks (Vander Esch, Williams, Gallup, Armstrong, and Schultz), and all of those players received 2nd contracts, albeit only 4 got 2nd contracts with the Cowboys. None remain on the team, and Vander Esch has retired due to injury. But this was a productive class.
2019 - only S Donovan Wilson remains on the team from this draft, although Michael Jackson and Tony Pollard are still in the NFL, along with G/C Connor McGovern.
2020 - The Cowboys got three Pro Bowl players and an additional two starters from this rookie class. Pro Bowl C Tyler Biadasz has moved on, as has sparingly used rotational DT Neville Gallimore
2014 - Two Pro Bowl players still on the roster 10 years later, LB Anthony Hitchens was productive and won a SB with the Chiefs.
- OG Zack Martin - 1st round pick, All-Pro
- DE DeMarcus Lawrence - 2nd & 3rd round picks used in trade to get Lawrence, All-Pro
2016 - Two Pro Bowl players still on the roster. The Cowboys also got productive seasons from Pro Bowl LB Jaylon Smith, DT Malik Collins and CB Anthony Brown
- QB Dak Prescott - 4th round pick, All-Pro, runner up in MVP voting in 2023
- RB Ezekiel Elliott - 1st round pick, All-Pro, multiple Pro Bowls, but none since 2021, spent last year away from Cowboys
2018 - the Cowboys got significant contributions and an All-Pro season from their first 5 picks (Vander Esch, Williams, Gallup, Armstrong, and Schultz), and all of those players received 2nd contracts, albeit only 4 got 2nd contracts with the Cowboys. None remain on the team, and Vander Esch has retired due to injury. But this was a productive class.
2019 - only S Donovan Wilson remains on the team from this draft, although Michael Jackson and Tony Pollard are still in the NFL, along with G/C Connor McGovern.
2020 - The Cowboys got three Pro Bowl players and an additional two starters from this rookie class. Pro Bowl C Tyler Biadasz has moved on, as has sparingly used rotational DT Neville Gallimore
- WR CeeDee Lamb - 1st round pick - All-Pro
- CB Trevon Diggs - 2nd round pick - All-Pro
- OT Terence Steele - starting RT
- RB Rico Dowdle - projected starting RB
- DE Micah Parsons - 1st round pick, All-Pro
- DT Osa Odighizuwa - 3rd round pick, starter
- DL Chauncey Golston - 3rd round pick, rarely used rotational player
- CB Nahshon Wright - 3rd round pick, rarely used in base defense, but used for special teams.
- OL Josh Ball - 4th round pick, injured all three seasons with Dallas
- DB Israel Mukuamu - 6th round pick, rarely used player in base defense, but used for special teams
- OG Tyler Smith - 1st round pick, All-Pro
- DE Sam Williams - 2nd round pick, sparingly used in Defensive rotation, but could change this season
- WR Jalen Tolbert - 3rd round pick, projected starting WR3 this season
- TE Jake Ferguson - 4th round pick, starting TE
- OT Matt Waletzko - 5th round pick, injured both seasons with Cowboys
- LB Damone Clark - 5th round pick, starting LB
- CB DaRon Bland - 5th round pick, All-Pro
- LB/S Markquese Bell - undrafted, starting LB in 2023, projected to return to safety in 2024
- RB Malik Davis - undrafted, was RB3 his rookie season, but spent 2024 on Practice Squad
- WR Ka'Vontae Turpin - undrafted, starting KR/PR, Pro Bowl, likely WR4 in 2024
- TE Peyton Hendershot - undrafted, TE3 the last two seasons
- C Brock Hoffman - undrafted, spent 2022 on PS, but started a C for multiple games in 2023 as backup
- S Juanyeh Thomas - undrafted, spent rookie season on PS, played special teams in 2023
- DT Mazi Smith - 1st round pick, projected starter in 2024, but very disappointing rookie season
- TE Luke Schoonmakeer - 2nd round pick, TE2 on team, used mostly as a blocker
- LB DeMarvion Overshown - 3rd round pick, projected starting LB in 2024, spent rookie season injured
- DL Viliami Fehoko - 4th round pick, did not play a down in 2023
- OL Asim Richards - 5th round pick, played in 8 games as back-up player as a rookie
- CB Eric Scott - 6th round pick, did not play a down in 2023
- RB Deuce Vaughn - 6th round pick, only played in 7 games, gaining 40 yards on 23 carries
- WR Jalen Brooks - 7th round pick, played in 7 games with 6 catches for 64 yards
- PK Brandon Aubrey - undrafted, All-Pro, arguably the Cowboys best rookie in 2023
- OL T.J. Bass - undrafted, started multiple games in backup role
- WR David Durden - undrafted, spent 2023 on Injured Reserve
- FB Hunter Luepke - undrafted, played sparingly in 2023, notable for fumbling the ball at the goal line that caused the loss to the Dolphins, which cost the Cowboys their chance at the #1 seed in the NFC
- TE John Stephens, Jr. - undrafted, favored to knock Hendershot off the roster last year, but spent the year on Injured Reserve
- DE Tyrus Wheat - undrafted, promoted from practice squad at the end of his rookie year
