The Ohio State Buckeyes victory over the Notre Dame Fighting Irish in the National Championship Game officially put an end to the 2024 NCAA season. And with just the Super Bowl to play, the 2024 NFL season is winding down as well. You know what that means? The 2025 NFL Draft season is upon us.
Between now and April, every single prospect entering in the 2025 NFL Draft this year will be heavily scrutinized to determine exactly where they rank among their peers at their given positions. Today, we thought we’d share with all of you one ranking of the Top 10 at each position and who could be in play for the Cowboys.
Barring a trade, the Cowboys currently hold the 12th overall pick in the first-round. That means nearly all of these players could still be available for them at some point in the draft, minus the 11 were selected ahead of them in the first-round.
QUARTERBACK
Cam Ward, Miami
Shedeur Sanders, Colorado
Jalen Milroe, Alabama
Will Howard, Ohio State
Dillon Gabriel, Oregon
Tyler Shough, Louisville
Kyle McCord, Syracuse
Quinn Ewers, Texas
Riley Leonard, Notre Dame
Kurtis Rourke, Indiana
As far as the Cowboys are concerned, it doesn’t really matter if Cam Ward or Shedeur Sanders is the top-ranked QB or not. Neither is expected to be on the board at No. 12. It’s also unlikely they draft any other QB in the Top 10 after locking up Dak Prescott long-term.
RUNNING BACK
Ashton Jeanty, Boise State
Kaleb Johnson, Iowa
Omarion Hampton, North Carolina
TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State
Dylan Sampson, Tennessee
RJ Harvey, UCF
Cam Skattebo, Arizona State
Quinshon Judkins, Ohio State
Damien Martinez, Miami
Devin Neal, Kansas
Ashton Jeanty is a favorite to be drafted by the Cowboys with the 12th overall pick, but considering the depth of the 2025 RB draft class that’s not a given. Dallas could easily find their RB1 of the future at any point on Day 2 and possibly into Day 3.
WIDE RECEIVER
Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona
Luther Burden II, Missouri
Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State
Elic Ayomanor, Stanford
Matthew Golden, Texas
Tre Harris, Ole Miss
Savion Williams, TCU
Isaiah Bond, Texas
Jayden Higgins, Iowa State
Jack Beck, TCU
The Cowboys already traded a 2025 fourth-round pick for Jonathan Mingo, but that doesn’t mean they won’t double down on a WR ranked in the Top 10 this year. If they’re looking for someone to take pressure off of CeeDee Lamb, that’s probably what they’ll have to do.
TIGHT END
Tyler Warren, Penn State
Gunnar Helm, Texas
Colston Loveland, Michigan
Mason Taylor, LSU
Harold Fannin Jr., Bowling Green
Terence Ferguson, Oregon
Elijah Arroyo, Miami
Luke Lachey, Iowa
Benjamin Yurosek, Georgia
Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame
We can’t rule out the Cowboys drafting a tight end of this year. Jake Ferguson is coming off a down year and entering the final year of his rookie contract and Luke Schoonmaker has yet proven himself reliable. A Top 10 TE could be in play.
OFFENSIVE LINE
Will Campbell, LSU
Josh Simmons, Ohio State
Kelvin Banks Jr., Texas
Armand Membou, Missouri
Cameron Williams, Texas
Jonah Savaiinaea, Arizona
Josh Conerly Jr., Oregon
Marcus Mbow, Purdue
Wyatt Milum, West Virginia
Grey Zabel, North Dakota State
Considering both Tyler Guyton and Terence Steele struggled in 2024, and with the need to possibly replace Zack Martin, drafting a Top 10 offensive lineman seems possible. There’s a good mix of versatility in this group to play tackle or guard and a couple who can play center as well.
DEFENSIVE TACKLE
Mason Graham, Michigan
Derrick Harmon, Oregon
Kenneth Grant, Michigan
Tyelik Williams, Ohio State
TJ Sanders, South Carolina
Alfred Collins, Texas
Omarr Norman-Lott, Tennessee
Walter Nolan, Ole Miss
Deone Walker, Kansas
Shemar Turner, Texas A&M
Cowboys new DC Matt Eberlus needs a lot of help on the defensive side of the ball, especially at DT. With only Mazi Smith currently on the roster, DT is arguably Dallas’ biggest roster “need”. Drafting one of the Top 10 ranked players at the position looks plausible.
EDGE
Abdul Carter, Penn State
James Pearce Jr., Tennessee
Mike Green, Marshall
Mykel Williams, Georgia
Shemar Stewart, Texas A&M
Nic Scourton, Texas A&M
Landon Jackson, Arkansas
JT Tuimoloau, Ohio State
Kyle Kennard, South Carolina
Jack Sawyer, Ohio State
Even though the Cowboys have Micah Parsons, Marshawn Kneeland, and Sam Williams currently on the roster, defensive end is still an underrated roster “need”. It’s one of the big money positions that could definitely be in play with Dallas’ 12th overall pick.
LINEBACKER
Jalon Walker, Georgia
Jihaad Campbell, Alabama
Carson Schwesinger, UCLA
Danny Stutsman, Oklahoma
Chris Paul Jr., Ole Miss
Jeffrey Bassa, Oregon
Jack Kiser, Notre Dame
Barrett Carter, Clemson
Jay Higgins, Iowa
Kobe King, Penn State
Linebacker is another one of the Cowboys offseason roster “needs”. With Eric Kendricks potentially leaving via free agency and DeMarvion Overshown 2025 season in jeopardy due to another season-ending injury, drafting one of the Top 10 LBs is a possibility.
CORNERBACK
Travis Hunter, Colorado
Will Johnson, Michigan
Shavon Revel Jr., East Carolina
Maxwell Hairston, Kentucky
Benjamin Morrison, Notre Dame
Trey Amos, Ole Miss
Zy Alexander, LSU
Darien Porter, Iowa State
Azareye’h Thomas, Florida State
Jacob Parrish, Kansas State
DaRon Bland is the only cornerback the Cowboys can count on right now as Trevon Diggs works his way back from another season-ending the injury. They could definitely use another starter on the outside as well as some more depth at the position as well.
SAFETY
Malaki Starks, Georgia
Nick Emmanwori, South Carolina
Xavier Watts, Notre Dame
Jahdae Barron, Texas
Kevin Winston Jr., Penn State
Andrew Mukuba, Texas
Sebastian Castro, Iowa
Lathan Ransom, Ohio State
Billy Bowman Jr., Oklahoma
Jonas Sanker, Virginia
Both Malik Hooker and Donovan Wilson could potentially be salary-cap casualties, but even if they aren’t Dallas could choose to go younger/cheaper to try to upgrade the back end of their secondary. It’ll be interesting to see if they draft one of the Top 10 at the position.
