NFL Draft 2019: Dallas Cowboys select Jalen Jelks No. 241 overall

With their final selection in the 2019 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys opted to address their depth at defensive end with Oregon’s Jalen Jelks.

There is a old saying that you can never have too many pass rushers. And that’s certainly the case with the Dallas Cowboys as they used their final selection in the 2019 NFL Draft to add more depth at defensive line.

With the 241st overall selection in the seventh round of the 2019 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select …

NAME: Jalen Jelks
POSITION: EDGE
SCHOOL: Oregon
HT/WT: 6-5, 256
AGE: 22
2018 Stats: 56 tackles, 7.5 tfls, 3.5 sacks
PROS: Versatile, length, high-motor, violent hands
CONS: Slight frame, lacks strength, poor run defender

QUICK ANALYSIS: Jelks joins a suddenly stacked defensive line room that added three defenders from this draft class. You have to love this kid’s production posting 23.0 tackles for loss and 10.5 sacks in the past two seasons. But his slight frame means he needs time to add mass, which could land him on the practice squad in Year One.

Dallas Cowboys seventh round selections since 2000

2018 – Bo Scarbrough, RB – Alabama
2017 – Noah Brown, WR – Ohio St.
2017 – Jordan Carrell, DT – Colorado
2017 – Joey Ivie, DT – Florida
2015 – Laurence Gibson, T – Virginia Tech
2015 – Mark Nzeocha, OLB – Wyoming
2015 – Geoff Swaim, TE – Texas
2014 – Ken Bishop, DT – Northern Illinois
2014 – Ahmad Dixon, DB – Baylor
2014 – Ben Gardner, DE – Stanford
2014 – Terrance Mitchell, DB – Oregon
2014 – Will Smith, LB – Texas Tech
2012 – Caleb McSurdy, LB – Montana
2011 – Shaun Chapas, RB – Georgia
2011 – Bill Nagy, G – Wisconsin
2010 – Sean Lissemore, DT – William & Mary
2009 – Manuel Johnson, WR – Oklahoma
2009 – Mike Mickens, DB – Cincinnati
2007 – Alan Ball, DB – Illinois
2007 – Courtney Brown, DB – Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo
2006 – E.J. Whitley, C – Texas Tech
2006 – Pat McQuistan, T – Weber St.
2005 – Jay Ratliff, DE – Auburn
2004 – Patrick Crayton, WR – NW Oklahoma St.
2004 – Nate Jones, DB – Rutgers
2004 – Jacques Reeves, DB – Purdue
2003 – Justin Bates, G – Colorado
2001 – Char-ron Dorsey, T – Florida St.
2001 – John Nix, DT – Southern Miss
2001 – Colston Weatherington, DE – Central Missouri St.
2000 – Orantes Grant, LB – Georgia

Now that the draft is complete, what do you think about the Dallas Cowboys’ new draft class? Where did they get it right? And where did they get it wrong? Tell us in the comment section below and stick with us here at The Landry Hat for more draft coverage.