By the time the Cowboys were on the clock Thursday night, most of the names they’ve been connected to over the last three months - Chris Olave, Treylon Burks, Kenyon Green, Zion Johnson, and others - were all gone. What seemed impossible had suddenly become reality, and Jerry and Stephen Jones had to make a pick. The answer: Tulsa offensive lineman Tyler Smith.
Most draft analysts didn’t view Smith as a first-round prospect, with many projecting him to be drafted somewhere in the second or third round. Smith himself was admittedly surprised when the Cowboys picked him.