At 5-foot-9 and 219 kilos, Skattebo is nearly precisely the identical measurement as lately signed operating again Javonte Williams, however Skattebo has extra upside with 112 catches for 1,386 yards and eight touchdowns in 4 faculty seasons.
Dylan Sampson | Tennessee
ESPN draft analyst Mel Kiper Jr. known as Sampson a “dwelling run ready to occur” after watching the 5-foot-11, 201-pound operating again rush for a career-best 1,491 speeding yards and a school-record 22 speeding touchdowns final season.
Sampson broke out after operating for 604 yards and 7 scores behind present Miami Dolphin Jaylen Wright in 2023.
He was restricted on the NFL Scouting Mix with a hamstring harm however ran the 40-yard sprint within the 4.46 and 4.49-second vary at Tennessee’s professional day, per 247Sports.
Kiper’s colleague Matt Miller believes Kansas Metropolis might take Sampson with its second-round choose (No. 63). In that case, the Cowboys would want to make use of their second-round choose (No. 44) to get him.
Kaleb Johnson | Iowa
Pro Football Focus considers Johnson the fifth-best operating again within the draft and provides Dallas the second-best probability to draft him. At 6 toes and 225 kilos, Johnson is a robust, compact runner with good imaginative and prescient and higher fingers than final season’s 22 catches for 188 yards would point out.
Like Sampson, Johnson broke by way of in 2024 with a career-high 240 carries for 1,537 yards and 21 touchdowns. He had 28 carries of not less than 15 yards in 2023, greater than any runner on this record.
TreVeyon Henderson | Ohio State
Earlier this month, ESPN’s Field Yates predicted the Cowboys would cross on operating backs like Ashton Jeanty and Omarion Hampton and go for Henderson, a participant he believes “has the open-field velocity to make an prompt influence on the bottom.”
Henderson ran for 1,248 yards as a real freshman in 2021 however was restricted by a foot harm throughout his sophomore and junior seasons. Lastly wholesome in 2024, the 5-foot-10, 208-pound operating again rushed for 1,016 yards in 2024 to assist the crew win its ninth nationwide championship.
Quinshon Judkins | Ohio State
Judkins ran for 100 yards and two touchdowns and tallied one other rating by way of the air to assist beat Notre Dame within the CFP championship sport and truly led the Buckeyes with career-low marks in yards (1,060) and touchdowns (14). He’d averaged 1,362 yards and 15.5 scores over his earlier two seasons.
Like Johnson, PFF provides Judkins a second-round grade and the Cowboys the second-best odds to take him on Friday night time. Dallas has 9 picks remaining within the draft, together with a number of picks within the fifth, sixth and seventh rounds.
The draft resumes on Friday, April 25 at 7 p.m. EST for second- and third-round picks with the remaining rounds to be held on Saturday, April 26, at midday EST.
