In the 10 drafts between 2007 and 2016, the Cowboys selected 30 players in the sixth and seventh rounds of the NFL draft. Of those 30 players, six became eventual starters in the NFL (started 9 or more games in one season), as the table below shows.
| Cowboys 6th-rounders | ||
| Drafted | Player | Starter |
| 2007 | CB/S Alan Ball | 2010 (4th season) |
| 2007 | FB Deon Anderson | 2009 (3rd season) |
| 2008 | LB Eric Walden | 2011 (4th season) |
| 2009 | TE John Phillips | 2012 (4th season) |
| 2012 | TE James Hanna | 2014 (3rd season) |
| 2016 | CB Anthony Brown | 2016 (1st season) |
Most of the players listed above needed two or three years before they would finally emerge as starters, and last year's sixth-rounder Anthony Brown looks like the exception that proves the rule.