First-round draft picks are the best. That is why teams are willing to give up some good things in return to acquire them. Sometimes those draft picks don’t materialize into what teams hope causing some of those connections to be short-lived.

Whether it’s sooner versus later, the Dallas Cowboys have shown interest in other teams first-round picks. In fact, with the signing of free agent Keanu Neal, this makes the eighth-straight offseason the Cowboys have went out and acquired another team’s former first-round pick. Let’s take a stroll down memory lane and revisit these players.

2014

Rolando McClain

The Oakland Raiders didn’t get good return on their investment when they took McClain eighth overall in the 2010 NFL Draft as he only played two and a half seasons in the silver and black.