NFL Draft 2019: Dallas Cowboys select Donovan Wilson No. 213 overall

Coming off two defensive selections in the fifth round, the Dallas Cowboys decided to finally draft a safety with their lone sixth rounder.

The Dallas Cowboys didn’t own a sixth round pick coming into the 2019 NFL Draft, having traded it away to the Cincinnati Bengals for former cornerback Bene Benwikere back in September of 2017. But during the course of the draft, Dallas traded down and acquired the 213th overall selection in the sixth round from, ironically, the Bengals.

After a long wait between selection, the Cowboys opted to finally address their safety position at the end of the sixth round.

With the 213th overall selection in the sixth round of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select …

NAME: Donovan Wilson
POSITION: Safety
SCHOOL: Texas A&M
HT/WT: 6-0, 199
2018 Stats: 67 tackles. 5.5 tfls, 2.0 sacks, 2 ints, 2 pds, 1 forced fumble
PROS: Long arms, good size, finisher, special teams, hard hitter, toughness
CONS: Timing, penalties, footwork, speed

QUICK ANALYSIS: Should find a place on the Cowboys’ special teams unit in order to avoid practice squad. Could be a potential replacement for backup Kavon Frazier as he’s in the final year of his rookie deal in Dallas. Can play nickel. This is the same round the Cowboys found starting safety Xavier Woods two years ago.

Dallas Cowboys sixth round selections since 2000

2018 – Chris Covington, LB – Indiana
2018 – Cedrick Wilson, WR – Boise St.
2017 – Xavier Woods, S – Louisiana Tech
2017 – Marquez White, CB – Florida St.
2016 – Anthony Brown, CB – Purdue
2016 – Kavon Frazier, S – Central Michigan
2016 – Darius Jackson, RB – East. Michigan
2016 – Rico Gathers, TE – Baylor
2013 – DeVonte Holloman, LB – South Carolina
2012 – James Hanna, TE – Oklahoma
2011 – Dwayne Harris, WR – East Carolina
2010 – Sam Young, T – Notre Dame
2010 – Jamar Wall, DB – Texas Tech
2009 – Stephen Hodge, DB – TCU
2009 – John Phillips, TE – Virginia
2008 – Erik Walden, DE – Middle Tenn. St.
2007 – Nick Folk, K – Arizona
2007 – Deon Anderson, FB – Connecticut
2006 – Montavious Stanley, DT – Louisville
2005 – Justin Beriault, DB – Ball St.
2005 – Rob Petitti, T – Pittsburgh
2003 – B.J. Tucker, DB – Wisconsin
2003 – Zuriel Smith, WR – Hampton
2002 – Tyson Walter, C – Ohio St.
2002 – DeVeren Johnson, WR – Sacred Heart
2002 – Bob Slowikowski, TE – Virginia Tech
2001 – Daleroy Stewart, DT – Southern Miss
2000 – Mario Edwards, DB – Florida St.

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