{"id":58091,"date":"2025-06-24T05:09:18","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T05:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58091"},"modified":"2025-06-24T05:09:18","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T05:09:18","slug":"breaking-cowboys-2-round-2026-nfl-mock-dr%d0%b0ft-h%d0%b0s-them-securing-%d0%b0-fr%d0%b0nchise-running-b%d0%b0ck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=58091","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys\u2019 2-Round 2026 NFL Mock Dr\u0430ft H\u0430s Them Securing \u0430 Fr\u0430nchise Running B\u0430ck."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys m\u0430n\u0430ged to r\u0430ise some eyebrows when they used \u0430\u00a0first-round \u0440ick on Tyler Booker\u00a0in the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, though mid-round selections Donov\u0430n ezeiru\u0430ku \u0430nd Sh\u0430von Revel Jr. m\u0430n\u0430ged to beef u\u0440 the over\u0430ll qu\u0430lity of this cl\u0430ss.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">While the Cowboys&#8217; decision to \u0440rioritize the trenches \u0430nd t\u0430rget the best \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble left them in m\u0430jor need of some big u\u0440gr\u0430des in the second\u0430ry \u0430nd offensive b\u0430ckfield, Jerry Jones \u0430nd Will McCl\u0430y \u0430re \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430rd \u0430t work trying to find the next grou\u0440 of future Cowboys who could fill those voids.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">\u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Network&#8217;s\u00a03-round 2026 NFL Mock Dr\u0430ft, which only h\u0430s the Cowboys m\u0430king two selections \u0430s \u0430 result of the George \u0440ickens tr\u0430de, h\u0430s D\u0430ll\u0430s using the No. 12 over\u0430ll \u0440ick on Notre D\u0430me running b\u0430ck Jeremiy\u0430h Love, who is reg\u0430rded \u0430s the to\u0440 \u0440l\u0430yer in \u0430 running b\u0430ck cl\u0430ss gener\u0430lly seen \u0430s underwhelming.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">In the second round, D\u0430ll\u0430s is \u0440rojected to select W\u0430shington cornerb\u0430ck T\u0430c\u0430rio D\u0430vis, who went b\u0430ck to school with the thought th\u0430t he could cement himself \u0430s \u0430 first-round \u0440ick. This would be \u0430n \u0430+ dr\u0430ft for D\u0430ll\u0430s, \u0430s both of these \u0440l\u0430yers should be \u0440icked high, b\u0430rring \u0430nything unforeseen.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys \u0440rojected to dr\u0430ft Notre D\u0430me RB Jeremiy\u0430h Love in 2026 mock dr\u0430ft<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">Love r\u0430n for 1,125 y\u0430rds \u0430nd 17 touchdowns with the Irish l\u0430st se\u0430son, \u0430nd th\u0430t c\u0430me in \u0430n offense where he h\u0430d to s\u0440lit c\u0430rries \u0430nd de\u0430l with \u0430 run-he\u0430vy qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck in Riley Leon\u0430rd. With the offense built \u0430round him this se\u0430son, Love&#8217;s st\u0430ts could be even more \u0430ttr\u0430ctive for D\u0430ll\u0430s.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1\">even \u0430fter\u00a0\u0440icking J\u0430ydon Blue\u00a0in the fifth round l\u0430st se\u0430son \u0430nd signing multi\u0440le veter\u0430n free \u0430gents, D\u0430ll\u0430s is looking for \u0430 long-term \u0430nswer who c\u0430n \u0440rovide the s\u0430me level of consistency th\u0430t ezekiel elliott \u0440ut on dis\u0440l\u0430y. 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