You can’t use 2 picks out of a decade as benchmark for failure.
2010 draft
1 24
Dez Bryant, WR Oklahoma State
2 55
Sean Lee, LB Penn State
4 126
Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, DB Indiana (PA)
6 179
Sam Young, OT Notre Dame
6 196
Jamar Wall, DB Texas Tech
7 234
Sean Lissemore, DT William & Mary
Love Dez but according to many here, he was never any good.
Only 1 player still on roster (Sean Lee)
Akwasi Owusi-Ansah was our annual clever pick that never paid off.
2011 draft
1 9
Tyron Smith, OT Southern California
2 40
Bruce Carter, LB North Carolina
3 71
DeMarco Murray, RB Oklahoma
4 110
David Arkin, OG Missouri State
5 143
Josh Thomas, DB Buffalo
6 176
Dwayne Harris, WR East Carolina
7 220
Shaun Chapas, RB Georgia
7 252
Bill Nagy, OG Wisconsin
Tyron was a great pick.
Carter was an injury gamble.
Murray was a great pick.
Arkin annual clever pick.
Harris was a very good late round pick.
Nagy never started a game in college and was a day on starter for Cowboys. Says a lot about Cowboys roster. He was bullied and out of the league in a few years.
2012 draft
1 6
Morris Claiborne, DB Louisiana State
3 81
Tyrone Crawford, DE Boise State
4 113
Kyle Wilber, LB Wake Forest
4 135
Matt Johnson, DB Eastern Washington
5 152
Danny Coale, WR Virginia Tech
6 186
James Hanna, TE Oklahoma
7 222
Caleb McSurdy, LB Montana
Claiborne was a silly gamble. Cost us a 2nd round pick. Team had never spoke with him.
Johnson annual clever pick.
Hanna was decent.
2013 draft
1 31
Travis Frederick, C Wisconsin
2 47
Gavin Escobar, TE San Diego State
3 74
Terrance Williams, WR Baylor
3 80
J.J. Wilcox, DB Georgia Southern
4 114
B.W. Webb, DB William & Mary
5 151
Joseph Randle, RB Oklahoma State
6 185
DeVonte Holloman, LB South Carolina
Every player out of the league now. Wilcox may still be hanging around. Frederick was a good pick, unfortunate circumstances.
Terrance Williams over Keen Allen was brutal.
2014 draft
1 16
Zack Martin, OT Notre Dame
2 34
Demarcus Lawrence, DE Boise State DE
Boise State
4 119
Anthony Hitchens, LB Iowa LB
Iowa
5 146
Devin Street, WR Pittsburgh
7 231
Ben Gardner, DE Stanford
7 238
Will Smith, LB Texas Tech
7 248
Ahmad Dixon, DB Baylor
7 251
Ken Bishop, DT Northern Illinois
7 254
Terrance Mitchell, DB Oregon
Great first 3 picks even though Jerry tried his best to draft Manziel over Zack Martin. 5th round and later all nobodies and out of the league.
2015 draft
1 27
Byron Jones, DB Connecticut
2 60
Randy Gregory, LB Nebraska
3 91
Chaz Green, OT Florida
4 127
Damien Wilson, LB Minnesota
5 163
Ryan Russell, DE Purdue
7 236
Mark Nzeocha, LB Wyoming
7 243
Laurence Gibson, OT Virginia Tech
7 246
Geoff Swaim, TE Texas
Jones was a great pick.
Gregory was gamble and has missed way more games than he has contributed.
Wilson solid and won a ring with the Chiefs.
Swaim was overrated by most here IMO.
2016 draft
1 4
Ezekiel Elliott, RB Ohio State
2 34
Jaylon Smith, LB Notre Dame
3 67
Maliek Collins, DT Nebraska
4 101
Charles Tapper, DE Oklahoma
4 135
Dak Prescott, QB Mississippi State
6 189
Anthony Brown, DB Purdue
6 212
Kavon Frazier, DB Central Michigan
6 216
Darius Jackson, RB Eastern Michigan
6 217
Rico Gathers, TE Baylor
Zeke is a talent but the league had shifted from putting that kind of value on RBs.
Jaylon Smith was a huge injury risk and many here still think he can't play ( I like him but admit he can disappear).
Tapper was a bad pick.
Dak was pure luck (our 4th choice at QB that year).
Anthony Brown seriously overrated by this team and fanbase.
2017 draft
1 28
Taco Charlton, DE Michigan
2 60
Chidobe Awuzie, DB Colorado
3 92
Jourdan Lewis, DB Michigan
4 133
Ryan Switzer, WR North Carolina
6 191
Xavier Woods, DB Louisiana Tech
6 216
Marquez White, DB Florida State
7 228
Joey Ivie, DT Florida
7 239
Noah Brown, WR Ohio State
7 246
Jordan Carrell, DT
Taco over Watt debacle. Cut two years later with no compensation.
Awuzie is solid, big year for him.
Lewis seems like a talent but was in previous staff's doghouse.
Woods overrated by team/fan base.
Ivie and Carrell were Marinelli specials slash never-was's.
Colorado
2018 draft
1 19
Leighton Vander Esch, LB Boise State
2 50
Connor Williams, OG Texas
3 81
Michael Gallup, WR Colorado State
4 116
Dorance Armstrong, DE Kansas
4 137
Dalton Schultz, TE Stanford
5 171
Mike White, QB Western Kentucky
6 193
Chris Covington, LB Indiana
6 208
Cedrick Wilson, WR Boise State
7 236
Bo Scarbrough, RB Alabama
Love LVE, but if rumors of medical flags having him off other teams's boards is true, then shame on this team. Hopefully he's healthy and can play like he did in 2018.
Gallup was an amazing pick.
Rest are JAG's, hopefully Connor Williams can improve. Mike White was a really bad pick and is now out of the league.
2019 draft
2 58
Trysten Hill, DT Central Florida
3 90
Connor McGovern, OG Penn State
4 128
Tony Pollard, RB Memphis
5 158
Michael Jackson, DB Miami
5 165
Joe Jackson, DE Miami
6 213
Donovan Wilson, DB Texas A&M
7 218
Mike Weber, RB Ohio State
7 241
Jalen Jelks, DE Oregon
Outside of Pollard, very little if any contributions from this class.
Michael Jackson cut already.
I'm personally still hopeful for Donovan Wilson and Jalen Jelks.