Dallas Cowboys 2024 NFL Draft Guide: What you need to know

Attention Cowboys supporters! Prepare for the 2024 NFL Draft with exclusive insights and analysis about your team.

Below, you can find information about Dallas’ projected picks, positional needs, selection history, GM draft notes, and more. All this information is provided by the NFL’s research team.

And don’t forget to tune in on Thursday, April 25th at 8:00 p.m. ET for live coverage of the draft on NFL Network and NFL+.

Dallas Cowboys Draft Overview

2023 record: 12-5
First in NFC East; lost to Packers in Wild Card

Cowboys 2024 draft picks (7):

Round 1, pick 24
Round 2, pick 56
Round 3, pick 87
Round 5, pick 174 (compensatory pick)
Round 6, pick 216 (compensatory pick)
Round 7, pick 233 (acquired from Las Vegas Raiders in Johnathan Hankins trade)
Round 7, pick 244

Cowboys team needs (according to Chad Reuter): Offensive Tackle, Running Back, Interior OL, Defensive Tackle, Wide Receiver

Projected Cowboys first-round selection, via NFL.com draft analysts:

(See all projections at Mock Draft Central)

Cowboys 2024 Opponents

Home

Texans, Lions, Bengals, Ravens, Saints, Buccaneers, Commanders, Eagles, Giants

Away

49ers, Browns, Commanders, Eagles, Falcons, Giants, Panthers, Steelers

Cowboys Notable Activity Tracker (2024 offseason):

Cowboys Decision Makers

Owner/President/General Manager: Jerry Jones

Stephen Jones: Chief Operating Officer/EVP/Director of Player Personnel

Head Coach: Mike McCarthy

Jerry Jones

– Jones purchased the Dallas Cowboys in 1989

– Jones has hired 8 head coaches since 1989

Cowboys Draft Notes

Since 1989

– 310 total players selected

– 19 first-team All-Pros (15 since 2000)

Four Hall of Famers – Troy Aikman, Emmitt Smith, Larry Allen, and DeMarcus Ware.

D. Prescott and E. Smith, two players, won AP Off ROY.

– 1 AP Defensive ROY (Micah Parsons in 2021)

Since 2000, Jones has selected 31 players for DAL who have gone on to play in the Pro Bowl, the highest number in the NFL.

Since 2000, Jones has drafted 15 players for DAL who have been chosen as AP 1st-Team All-Pro, the most in the NFL.

Three out of the eight players the Cowboys picked in the second and third rounds over the last two drafts have started.

or fewer career games

Class of 2021 career starts: Defensive Lineman Osa Odighizuwa (46 starts), Defensive Back Kelvin Joseph (3 starts), Defensive Back Nahshon Wright (3 starts), Defensive Lineman Chauncy Golston (3 starts).

Class of 2022 (Starts in their career): Wide Receiver Jalen Tolbert (7), Defensive End Sam Williams (0)

Class of 2023 (beginning of career): Tight End Luke Schoonmaker (0 starts), Linebacker DeMarvion Overshown (0 starts)

Out of the 8 players that the Cowboys picked in the 2023 Drafts, 6 of them played less than 90 offensive/defensive snaps in 2023, according to NGS. Three of these players did not play at all.

Maxi Smith, a first-round draft pick and defensive tackle, participated in 313 out of 1,011 total team defensive snaps, which is 28.4 percent.

Tight End Luke Schoonmaker, a 2nd round draft pick, participated in 376 out of 1,122 total team offensive snaps, which equates to 31.0 percent.

Since 1989, Jones has utilized a 1st round pick on every offensive and defensive position.

Highest drafted Cowboys player by position, since 1989

Last time Cowboys picked each position in first round:

Compiled by the NFL Research team. All data current as of April 16, 2024.