After trading their first-round pick the Oakland Raiders for receiver Amari Cooper last year, the Dallas Cowboys will take a backseat in the 2019 NFL draft.
Vice president Stephen Jones said they will be watching highlights of Cooper when Raiders use their 27th pick. Owner Jerry Jones will envision how the Cowboys plan to use Cooper going forward as they wait until their first pick on the second day of the draft in the second-round, 58th overall.
Still, the star of the draft will come with ties to North Texas.
Allen, Texas, native and Oklahoma product Kyler Murray will attempt to become the most decorated product in Texas high school football history. He's already won three straight Class 6A titles at Allen, won the 2018 Heisman Trophy at Oklahoma and was a first-round pick of the Oakland A's in the 2018 MLB draft.
Murray is the favorite to add "No. 1 overall pick" to his impressive resume in the Star-Telegram's 2019 NFL mock draft 1.0.
He will most certainly be the first quarterback under 6 feet to be selected in the first round and the first player to be taken in the first round of the MLB and NFL draft.
So why not the coup de grace?
Here is the first-round mock:
