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2026 Dallas Cowboys Draft Guide

2026 Dallas Cowboys Draft Guide

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2026 NFL Draft Safety Prospects

This will be a new-look position for the Cowboys, who addressed it heavily in free agency. But they might not be done. After signing Jalen Thompson to a three-year, $33 million contract and then adding P.J. Locke to a one-year deal as well, the Cowboys also reworked Malik Hooker’s contract to keep him in the fold. Thompson reunites with former Cardinals coach Ryan Smith, who is the Cowboys’ new secondary coach. And Locke spent his first two years in Denver, where Parker was an assistant on the Broncos staff. With these moves, the Cowboys let Juanyeh Thomas leave for Tennessee and weren’t expected to bring back unrestricted free agent Donovan Wilson, as Dallas still has both Markquese Bell and Alijah Clark on the roster. A player such as Ohio State’s Caleb Downs would seemingly be a great for fit any team, although he’s not expected to be around when the Cowboys pick at No. 12. Still, it’s a deep class of safeties, so don’t be surprised if Dallas uses one of its first-round picks on the position, which hasn’t happened since they grabbed Roy Williams with the eighth overall selection in 2002. – Nick Eatman

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2026 Safety Draft Rankings

Prospect RankingsSchool
1. Caleb DownsOhio State
2. Dillon ThienemanOregon
3. E. McNeil-WarrenToledo
4. A.J. HaulcyLSU
5. Zakee WheatleyPenn State
6. Bud ClarkTCU
7. Kamari RamseyUSC
8. Treydan StukesArizona
9. Genesis SmithArizona
10. Bishop FitzgeraldUSC
11. Jalon KilgoreSouth Carolina
12. Ahmaad MosesSMU
13. Lorenzo Styles Jr.Ohio State
14. Jakobe ThomasMiami
15. Xavier NwankpaIowa
16. VJ PayneKansas State
17. Michael TaafeTexas
18. Kendal DanielsOklahoma
19. Myles RowserArizona State
20. Deshon SingletonNebraska
21. Dalton JohnsonArizona
22. Miles ScottIllinois
23. Cole WisniewskiTexas Tech
24. R. Spears-JenningsOklahoma
25. Jalen StromanNotre Dame
26. Louis MooreIndiana
27. Jalen CatalonMissouri
28. DeQuandre SmithSouth Carolina
29. Isaiah NwokobiaSMU
30. Key LawrenceUCLA
31. David Daniel-SisavanhTroy
32. Dasan McCulloghNebraska
33. Duce ChestnutSyracuse
34. Malik SpencerMichigan State
35. Sage RyanOle Miss
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