Dallas Cowboys fans are aiming for a major splash in the 2025 NFL Draft, since the team has multiple offensive needs.
With running back and wide receiver being among the team’s most pressing needs, the team has an opportunity to acquire a dynamic playmaker who can energize the fan base and open up the offense.
Common names associated to Dallas include Ashton Jeanty, who will most certainly be taken before the No. 12 overall pick, wide receivers Tetairoa McMillan and Luther Burder III, and running backs Omarion Hampton and TreVeyon Henderson.
In a new NFL mock draft from ESPN’s Field Yates, the Cowboys select two of those players.
The mock begins with Dallas selecting Arizona Wildcats standout wide receiver Tetairoa McMillan with the No. 12 overall pick.
“At 6-foot-4 and 219 pounds, he is a nightmare assignment for a cornerback in man-to-man coverage,” said Yates. “He also has excellent ball skills and a catch radius that make quarterbacks want to target him in the red zone. McMillan totaled 2,721 yards during the last two seasons.
“He’d give Dak Prescott the second top-end receiver that Dallas has long been seeking opposite CeeDee Lamb.”
This season, McMillan has 84 receptions for 1,319 yards and eight touchdowns. McMillan has surpassed 1,000 yards for the second year in a row.
In the second round, Yates predicts the Cowboys will take Ohio State standout running back TreVeyon Henderson.
“The Cowboys have regularly been linked to running backs early in the draft, and Henderson is a dynamic talent as both a runner and receiver. Dallas averaged 4.0 yards per run last season and replaced Rico Dowdle with Javonte Williams and Miles Sanders,” Yates said.
“Henderson has the open-field speed to make an instant impact on the ground.”
This season, Henderson rushed for 1,016 yards and 10 touchdowns, while also catching 27 passes for 284 yards and another touchdown.
A McMillan and Henderson haul would be ideal for the Cowboys.
The 2025 NFL Draft will take place in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with the first round on Thursday, April 24. Rounds 2 and 3 will be held on Friday, April 25, and the final rounds will take place on Saturday, April 26.
