Dallas Cowboys: 2025 NFL Draft Class
Dallas Cowboys
2025 NFL Draft
Nine (9) Players Drafted
- 1.12 — Tyler Booker
OG, Alabama - 2.12 — Donovan Ezeiruaku
ED, Boston College - 3.12 — Shavon Revel Jr.
CB, East Carolina - 5.12 — Jaydon Blue
RB, Texas - 5.16 — Shemar James
LB, Florida - 6.28 — Ajani Cornelius
OT, Oregon - 7.01 — Jay Toia
NT, UCLA - 7.23 — Phil Mafah
RB, Clemson - 7.31 — Tommy Akingbesote
DT, Maryland
Sports Info Solutions
Below, I've clipped intel from each prospects reports on the SIS NFL Draft Site, including their overall grade, how they graded in certain critical and positional factors, as well as scouting notes.
- Overall Grade: Each player was graded based on how the scout thought they would perform in the NFL by the beginning of their second year. Their projected role by Year 2 is shown in (parentheses) alongside their scouting grade and a brief description.
- Critical and Positional Factors: Each factor is graded on a scale from 1-9. If a player has no below the line or above the line grades, meaning they graded out as sufficient (5) or good (6) in all factors, they won't have a callout in their profile below.
Tyler Booker, OG
SIS Grade: (Strong Starter): 3-down Starter level player
Donovan Ezeiruaku, EDGE
SIS Grade: 6.7 (Strong Starter): 3-down Starter level player
Shavon Revel Jr., CB
SIS Grade: 6.5 (#3 CB): 3rd CB - Capable starter/better depth (I/O flex mandatory)
Jaydon Blue, RB
SIS Grade: 6.3 (Role Playing Starter): 3rd down difference maker
Shemar James, LB
SIS Grade: 5.9 (Top Backup): Top depth level LB, but non-starter - quality SPT player
Ajani Cornelius, OT
SIS Grade: 6.2 (Multi-Position Backup): Backup OL that can play multiple positions
Jay Toia, NT
SIS Grade: 5.9 (Top Backup): Top depth level NT, but non-starter
Phil Mafah, RB
SIS Grade: 6.2 (Backup All 3 downs): Backup; Change of pace runner
Tommy Akingbesote, DL
SIS Grade: 5.7 (Low End Depth Backup): Growable depth level DT - youth=upside / vet=emergency
UDFA Signings
WR Josh Kelly, Texas Tech
WR Traeshon Holden, Oregon
TE Tyler Neville, Virginia
TE Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn
CB Bruce Harmon, Stephen F. Austin
S Alijah Clark, Syracuse
S Justin Barron, Syracuse
S Mike Smith Jr., Eastern Kentucky
S Zion Childress, Kentucky
Minicamp Invites
None reported as of 4/28/25
3-Round Mock Draft
2025 Dallas Cowboys Mock
3-Round Mock Draft Logic
- 1.12 (12)
Omarion Hampton, RB - 2.12 (44)
Jayden Higgins, WR - 3.12 (76)
Shemar Turner, DT
SIS Scouting Reports — Grade (Scale)
- Omarion Hampton, RB — 6.8 (Strong Starter)
- Jayden Higgins, WR — 6.6 (Lower-end Starter)
- Shemar Turner, DT — 6.5 (Lower-end Starter)
How 'bout them Cowboys?
Dallas needs some juice. What they need is millennial crooner Omarion singing at halftime before the season opener and again in the playoffs.
Omarion Hampton joins fellow UNC running back Javonte Williams in the new-look Dallas backfield but it's Hampton who quickly becomes one of the more dominant three-down backs in (fantasy) football.
Jayden Higgins, in the second round, has that dog in him—but he also has that diva. He is the exact type of wide receiver that Denny Carter was alluding to with his mega-viral "the enemy speaks kindly and holds a knife" post.
For those unfamiliar:
Finally, it wouldn't be a Cowboys draft class if they didn't select someone with character concerns. They do so in the third round by taking Texas A&M defensive lineman Shemar Turner.
From Dane Brugler's "The Beast":
Off-field decision-making will be scrutinized after he was arrested and charged with reckless driving during his junior season (Sept. 2023); he faced “internal discipline” and didn’t miss any playing time.
Flagged seven times for personal foul penalties over past two seasons (five in 2024, two in 2023)
Ejected from a game (Nov. 2023) after throwing multiple punches at an Ole Miss blocker, including an uppercut to the groin (Stewart called his actions unacceptable and tweeted an apology for “embarrassing myself, my family and my team”)
That being said, on the positive side, he sounds like the exact type of player new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus would want on his front line:
Added 30 pounds before 2024 season but didn’t sacrifice initial quickness to squeeze gaps
Grew up idolizing Ray Lewis and plays with similar on-field violence
NFL scouts describe him as a “foxhole-type” and “outstanding teammate”
Brad Beatson
Other Potential Picks
- Day 1: Ashton Jeanty, Will Johnson, Armand Membou, Tetairoa McMillan, Emeka Egbuka, Kelvin Banks, Luther Burden III, Josh Simmons, Walter Nolen, Shemar Stewart, James Pearce Jr., TreVeyon Henderson, Matthew Golden, Jahdae Barron, Josh Conerly Jr., Mykel Williams
- Day 2: Trey Amos, Quinshon Judkins, Jonah Savaiinaea, Benjamin Morrison, Elijah Arroyo, Carson Schwesinger, Kaleb Johnson, Alfred Collins, Landon Jackson, Shavon Revel, Darius Alexander, Demetrius Knight II, Savion Williams, Bhayshul Tuten, Jaxson Dart, Jack Bech, Maxwell Hairston, Andrew Mukuba, Jared Wilson, Charles Grant
- Day 3: Quinn Ewers, Brashard Smith, Dylan Sampson, Cameron Williams, Ollie Gordon II, Ajani Cornelius, Damien Martinez, Caleb Rogers, Isaiah Bond, Jordan Phillips, Marcus Harris, Craig Woodson, R.J. Mickens, Seth Henigan, Korie Black, Andrew Armstrong, Chase Lundt, Jarquez Hunter, Justin Barron, Rivaldo Fairweather