Cowboys Draft Day: On the Clock In Review

Sean Martin

IT. IS. TIME. (Almost). The 2016 NFL draft is finally here, with today being the day where we finally learn what a miserable 4-12 season brings us. The Cowboys’ compensation will come in the form of the fourth overall pick – to be used on players as exciting as Jalen Ramsey or Ezekiel Elliott.

Throughout the team’s rich history, they have drafted plenty of exciting players, along with their fair share of busts. Here on Inside The Star, we have been documenting all of these picks over the past 31 days.

Starting with their most recent 31st overall pick on March 28th, we worked our way through Dallas’ draft history a day at a time – ending with Russell Maryland yesterday.

To recap, here is each player’s profile:

Cowboys on the Clock

# 31 Travis Frederick

#28 Larry Bethea 

#27 Byron Jones 

#26 Anthony Spencer 

#25 Mike Jenkins

#24 Dez Bryant 

#23 Shante Carver

#22 Felix Jones

#20 Marcus Spears

#18 Bobby Carpenter

#17 Kevin Smith

#16 Zack Martin 

#13 Bob Lilly 

#12 Alvin Harper

#11 DeMarcus Ware 

#9 Tyron Smith

#8 Roy Williams

#6 Morris Claiborne

#5 Terence Newman

#4 Scott Appleton

#2 Tony Dorsett 

#1 Russell Maryland 

Cowboys Beyond the Clock

Don Meredith

Don Perkins

Cliff Harris

Drew Pearson

Everson Walls 

Nate Newton

Dan Bailey

Cole Beasley

Tony Romo

Of course, the Cowboys have not selected with ALL of the picks in the first round. There were a few breaks in the series, which were filled in by our Dante Giannetta with “Cowboys Beyond the Clock”. This awesome series profiled 9 famous Cowboys’ players that slipped through the entire draft, as you see on the right side here.


Bookmark this page to preserve this entire collection of Cowboys draft history! Then, head back here tonight as the Dallas Cowboys make even more draft history – bringing in their 2016 first round selection!