The Cowboys went into this draft seemingly set at their defensive end positions, with DeMarcus Lawrence and Robert Quinn as the primary starters with Taco Charlton, Dorance Armstrong Jr., and Kerry Hyder as depth.
Now they’ve added more competition. It started when Dallas took Miami defensive end Joe Jackson in the fifth round at 165th overall. But then the Cowboys took another defensive end in Jalen Jelks of Oregon. Jelks, taken in the seventh round at 241st overall, joins a suddenly crowded defensive end group in Dallas.
Jelks is one of the more intriguing edge rushers from this class, too, as he played out of position a lot in college.