Dallas has been all in on defense throughout draft weekend, but they weren’t satisfied. After selecting offensive lineman Asim Richards with a late fifth-round pick, they moved up in order to grab a player they must have thought long and hard about.
Dallas made a trade with the Kansas City Chiefs in order to come grab cornerback Eric Scott, Jr. of Southern Mississippi. Scott is 6-foot-1 and tested incredibly well while performing well at the Shrine Bowl all-star game in January. Scott, like three of the previous picks this weekend, was one of Dallas’ 30 national visits this spring.
Dallas sent a 2024 fifth-round pick to Kansas City for No. 178.
— Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) April 29, 2023
Pick 178, first of the 6th round, was a Bears pick that went to Miami in the Jakeem Grant trade and then to Kansas City in the Tyreek Hill trade. The Chiefs just traded it to the Cowboys, who use it on Southern Miss CB Eric Scott Jr.
— Dan Graziano (@DanGrazianoESPN) April 29, 2023
The pick Dallas gave up is one of their Day 3 picks in 2024, a fifth-round pick.
