The Dallas Cowboys have hopefully added another star player to the fold in the 2022 NFL draft. Saddled with the No. 24 overall selection after being eliminated with in the wild-card round after compiling a 12-5 regular season record, Mike McCarthy, Kellen Moore and the offensive staff get a new toy with Tulsa offensive lineman Tyler Smith.
Smith wasn’t a player initially linked to Dallas, but he surfaced in a mock draft from Mel Kiper, out of nowhere, indicating there was interest. It’s come to fruition and after seeing much of their 30 visit list wiped out when Dallas didn’t move up for anyone, they also didn’t trade back and ended up picking the violent Golden Hurricane.
Cowboys draft Tulsa OT Tyler Smith with the 24th overall pick
— Jon Machota (@jonmachota) April 29, 2022
Smith wasn’t a 30 visitor, but on the phone call with 105.3 The Fan revealed that he did have a private workout with club in the pre-draft processs.
Smith is a powerful offensive tackle, with a penchant for penalties, who will likely slide over to left guard. Perhaps that will be his place until a spot opens up at left tackle with Tyron Smith’s eventual departure. Perhaps they keep him inside permanently.
The Athletic’s Dan Brugler had Smith ranked as a second-round prospect, sixth OT overall.
Tyler Smith was drafted with pick 24 of round 1 in the 2022 draft class. He scored a 8.77 RAS out of a possible 10.00. This ranked 151 out of 1218 OT from 1987 to 2022. https://t.co/zOkj8K3B1j #RAS #Cowboys pic.twitter.com/c7FqrMauCj
— Kent Lee Platte (@MathBomb) April 29, 2022
The Cowboys saw the players they were linked to the most slide off the board in the middle of the round, starting with Texas A&M guard Kenyon Green staying in state and going to the Houston Texans. Zion Johnson, the Boston College guard was gone two picks later to the Los Angeles Chargers and Arkansas WR Treylon Burks went to Tennessee after they traded AJ Brown to the Philadelphia Eagles.
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