This page is a list of the Dallas Cowboys NFL draft selections. The first draft the Cowboys participated in was 1961, in which they made defensive tackle Bob Lilly of TCU their first-ever selection.

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1961 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 13 13 Bob Lilly Defensive Tackle TCU 2 2 16 E. J. Holub Center Texas Tech 3 2 30 Stew Barber Offensive tackle Penn State 4 2 44 Arnold Davis End Baylor 7 2 86 Art Gilmore Back Oregon State 8 2 100 Don Talbert Offensive Tackle Texas 9 2 114 Glynn Gregory End SMU 11 2 142 Norris Stevenson Back Missouri 12 2 156 Lowndes Shingler Quarterback Clemson 13 2 170 Don Goodman Running Back Florida 14 2 184 Billy Shaw Guard Georgia Tech 15 2 198 Julius Varnado Offensive tackle San Francisco State 16 2 212 Jerry Steffen Back Colorado 17 2 226 Everett Cloud Back Maryland 18 2 240 Randy Williams Back Indiana 19 2 254 Lynn Hoyem Guard Long Beach State 20 2 268 Jerry Morgan Back Iowa State

1962 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 2 4 18 Sonny Gibbs Quarterback TCU 3 11 39 Bobby Plummer Tackle TCU 6 4 74 Donnie Davis End Southern 6 12 82 George Andrie Defensive end Marquette 8 4 102 Ken Tureaud Running back Michigan 10 4 130 John Longmeyer Guard Southern Illinois 11 4 144 Larry Hudas End Michigan State 13 4 172 Bob Moses End Texas 14 4 186 Harold Hays Linebacker Southern Miss 15 4 200 Guy Reese Tackle SMU 16 4 214 Bob Johnston Tackle Rice 17 4 228 Ray Jacobs Tackle Howard Payne 18 4 242 Dave Cloutier Running Back Maine 19 4 256 Paul Holmes Tackle Georgia 20 4 270 Amos Bullocks Running Back Southern Illinois

1963 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 6 6 Lee Roy Jordan Linebacker Alabama 3 6 34 Jim Price Linebacker Auburn 4 6 48 Whaley Hall Tackle Ole Miss 7 6 90 Marv Clothier Guard Kansas 10 6 132 Rod Scheyer Tackle Washington 11 6 146 Ray Schoenke Guard SMU 12 6 160 Bill Perkins Running back Iowa 13 6 174 Paul Wicker Tackle Fresno State 14 6 188 Lou Cioci Linebacker Boston College 15 6 202 Jerry Overton Defensive Back Utah 16 6 216 Dennis Golden Tackle Holy Cross 17 6 230 Ernie Parks Guard McMurry 18 6 244 Bill Frank Tackle Colorado 19 6 258 Jim Stiger Running Back Washington 20 6 272 Tommy Lucas End Texas

1964 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 4 4 Scott Appleton Defensive Tackle Texas 2 3 17 Mel Renfro Cornerback Oregon 4 3 43 Perry Lee Dunn Running back Ole Miss 6 3 73 Billy Lothridge Quarterback Georgia Tech 6 12 82 Jim Curry End Cincinnati 6 13 83 Jim Evans End Texas Western 7 4 88 Bob Hayes Wide receiver Florida A&M 8 3 101 Al Geverink Running back UCLA 9 4 116 Jake Kupp Guard Washington 10 3 129 Roger Staubach Quarterback Navy 11 4 144 Bob Crenshaw Guard Baylor 12 3 157 Johnny Norman End Northwestern State (LA) 13 4 172 Jerry Rhome Quarterback Tulsa 14 3 185 Jim Worden Linebacker Wittenberg 15 4 200 Bill Van Burkleo Running Back Tulsa 16 3 213 Paul Cercel Center Pittsburgh 17 4 228 Bud Abell Linebacker Missouri 18 3 241 Theo Viltz Defensive Back USC 19 4 256 H.D. Murphy Running Back Oregon 20 3 269 John Hughes Linebacker SMU

1965 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 5 5 Craig Morton Quarterback California 2 5 19 Malcolm Walker Center Rice 4 5 47 Jimmy Sidle Running back Auburn 4 11 53 Bob Svihus Offensive tackle USC 5 5 61 Roger Pettee Linebacker Florida 6 5 75 Sonny Utz Running Back Virginia Tech 7 5 89 Brig Owens Safety Cincinnati 8 5 103 Russell Wayt Linebacker Rice 9 5 117 Jim Zanios Running Back Texas Tech 10 5 131 Gaylon McCullough Center Alabama 11 5 145 Jethro Pugh Defensive Tackle Elizabeth City State 12 5 159 Ernie Kellermann Safety Miami (OH) 13 5 173 Jack Schraub End California 14 5 187 Garry Porterfield Wide receiver Tulsa 15 5 201 Gene Foster Running Back Arizona State 16 5 215 Doug McDougal End Oregon State 17 5 229 Mitch Johnson Offensive Tackle UCLA 18 5 243 Marty Amsler Offensive Tackle Evansville 19 5 257 Merv Rettenmund Running Back Ball State 20 5 271 Don Barlow Offensive Tackle Kansas State

1966 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 5 5 John Niland Guard Iowa 2 6 22 Willie Townes Offensive tackle Tulsa 5 15 79 Walt Garrison Fullback Oklahoma State 6 6 86 Bob Dunlevy Wide receiver West Virginia 7 5 100 Arthur Robinson Wide Receiver Florida A&M 8 6 116 Don Kunit Running back Penn State 9 5 130 Darrell Elam Wide Receiver West Virginia Tech 10 6 146 Mason Mitchell Running Back Washington 11 5 160 Austin Denney Wide Receiver Tennessee 12 3 173 Les Shy Defensive Back Long Beach State 12 6 176 Craig Baynham Running Back Georgia Tech 13 5 190 Ron Lamb Running Back South Carolina 14 6 206 Lewis Turner Running Back Norfolk State 15 5 220 Mark Gartung Offensive tackle Oregon State 16 6 236 Tom Piggee Running Back San Francisco State 17 5 250 George Allen Offensive Tackle West Texas State 18 6 266 Steve Orr Offensive Tackle Washington 19 5 280 Byron Johnson Offensive Tackle Central Washington 20 6 296 Lou Hudson Wide Receiver Minnesota

1967 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 3 23 76 Phil Clark Defensive Back Northwestern 4 23 103 Curtis Marker Guard Northern Michigan 6 24 157 Sims Stokes Wide receiver Northern Arizona 7 23 182 Rayfield Wright Offensive tackle Fort Valley State 8 23 208 Steve Laub Quarterback Illinois Wesleyan 9 23 234 Byron Morgan Defensive Back Findlay 10 23 260 Eugene Bowen Running back Tennessee A&I 11 22 285 Pat Riley Wide Receiver Kentucky 12 22 312 Harold Deters Kicker North Carolina State 13 23 338 Al Kerkian Defensive end Akron 14 23 364 Tommy Boyd Guard Tarleton State 15 23 390 Leavie David Defensive Back Edward Waters 16 23 416 Paul Brothers Quarterback Oregon State 17 23 442 George Adams Linebacker Morehead State

1968 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 20 20 Dennis Homan Wide receiver Alabama 2 18 45 Dave McDaniels Wide Receiver Mississippi Valley State 3 16 71 Ed Harmon Linebacker Louisville 4 14 97 John Douglas Linebacker Missouri 5 19 130 Blaine Nye Guard Stanford 6 21 159 D.D. Lewis Linebacker Mississippi State 7 20 185 Bob Taucher Offensive tackle Nebraska 8 19 211 Frank Brown Defensive Tackle Albany State (NY) 9 22 241 Ken Kmiec Defensive Back Illinois 10 20 266 Ben Olison Wide Receiver Kansas 11 19 292 Ron Shotts Running back Oklahoma 12 21 321 Wilson Whitty Linebacker Boston University 13 20 347 Carter Lord Wide Receiver Harvard 14 19 373 Ron Williams Defensive Back West Virginia 15 21 402 Tony Lunceford Kicker Auburn 16 20 428 Larry Cole Defensive end Hawaii 17 19 454 George Nordgren Running Back Houston

1969 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 24 24 Calvin Hill Running back Yale 2 23 49 Richmond Flowers Safety Tennessee 3 16 68 Tom Stincic Linebacker Michigan 3 22 74 Halvor Hagen Guard Weber State 5 21 125 Chuck Kyle Linebacker Purdue 6 22 152 Rick Shaw Wide receiver Arizona State 7 24 180 Larry Bales Wide Receiver Emory and Henry 8 23 205 Elmer Benhardt Linebacker Missouri 9 22 230 Claxton Welch Running Back Oregon 10 24 258 Stuart Gottlieb Offensive tackle Weber State 11 23 283 Clarence Williams Defensive end Prairie View A&M 12 22 308 Bob Belden Quarterback Notre Dame 13 19 336 Rene Matison Wide Receiver New Mexico 14 23 361 Gerald Lutri Offensive Tackle Northern Michigan 15 22 386 Bill Justus Defensive Back Tennessee 16 24 414 Floyd Kerr Defensive Back Colorado State 17 23 439 Bill Bailey Defensive Tackle Lewis & Clark

1970 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 23 23 Duane Thomas Running back West Texas State 2 1 27 Bob Asher Offensive tackle Vanderbilt 2 23 49 Margene Adkins Wide receiver Henderson J.C. 3 14 66 Charlie Waters Safety Clemson 3 21 73 Steve Kiner Linebacker Tennessee 3 23 75 Denton Fox Defensive Back Texas Tech 4 23 101 John Fitzgerald Center Boston College 6 23 153 Pat Toomay Defensive end Vanderbilt 7 23 179 Don Abbey Linebacker Penn State 8 23 205 Jerry Dossey Guard Arkansas 9 23 231 Zenon Andrusyshyn Kicker UCLA 10 23 257 Pete Athas Cornerback Tennessee 11 23 283 Ivan Southerland Offensive Tackle Clemson 12 23 309 Joe Williams Running Back Wyoming 13 23 335 Mark Washington Cornerback Morgan State 14 23 361 Julian Martin Wide Receiver North Carolina Central 15 23 387 Ken DeLong Tight end Tennessee 16 23 413 Seabern Hill Defensive Back Arizona State 17 23 439 Glenn Patterson Center Nebraska

1971 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 25 25 Tody Smith Defensive end USC 2 25 51 Ike Thomas Cornerback Bishop College 3 17 69 Sam Scarber Running back New Mexico 3 25 77 Bill Gregory Defensive Tackle Wisconsin 4 2 80 Joe Carter Tight end Grambling 4 25 103 Adam Mitchell Offensive tackle Ole Miss 5 25 129 Ron Kadziel Linebacker Stanford 6 25 155 Steve Maier Wide receiver Northern Arizona 7 25 181 Bill Griffin Offensive Tackle Catawba 8 24 206 Ron Jessie Wide Receiver Kansas 9 25 233 Honor Jackson Wide Receiver Pacific 10 25 259 Rodney Wallace Defensive Tackle New Mexico 11 25 285 Ernest Bonwell Defensive Tackle Lane College 12 25 311 Steve Goepel Quarterback Colgate 13 25 337 James Ford Running Back Texas Southern 14 25 363 Tyrone Covey Defensive Back Utah State 15 25 389 Bob Young Tight End Delaware 16 25 415 John Brennan Offensive Tackle Boston College 17 24 440 John Bomer Center Memphis State

1972 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 26 26 Bill Thomas Running back Boston College 2 9 35 Robert Newhouse Fullback Houston 2 13 39 John Babinecz Linebacker Villanova 2 26 52 Charles McKee Wide receiver Arizona 3 12 64 Mike Keller Linebacker Michigan 3 26 78 Marv Bateman Punter Utah 4 5 83 Tim Kearney Linebacker Northern Michigan 4 12 90 Robert West Wide Receiver San Diego State 4 15 93 Chuck Zapiec Linebacker Penn State 6 26 156 Charles Bolden Defensive Back Iowa 8 26 208 Ralph Coleman Linebacker North Carolina A&T 9 26 234 Roy Bell Running Back Oklahoma 10 26 260 Richard Amman Defensive Tackle Florida State 11 26 286 Lonnie Leonard Defensive end North Carolina A&T 12 26 312 Jimmy Harris Wide Receiver Ohio State 13 26 338 Jean Fugett Tight end Amherst College 14 25 363 Alan Thompson Running Back Wisconsin 15 26 390 Carlos Alvarez Wide Receiver Florida 16 26 416 Gordon Longmire Quarterback Utah 17 26 442 Alphonso Cain Defensive Tackle Bethune-Cookman

1973 draft Round Pick # Overall Name Position College 1 20 20 Billy Joe Dupree Tight end Michigan State 2 20 46 Golden Richards Wide receiver Hawaii 3 1 53 Harvey Martin Defensive end East Texas State 4 20 98 Drane Scrivener Defensive Back Tulsa 5 22 126 Bruce Walton Offensive tackle UCLA 6 21 151 Bob Leyen Guard Yale 7 20 176 Rodrigo Barnes Linebacker Rice 8 22 204 Dan Werner Quarterback Michigan State 9 21 229 Mike White Defensive Back Minnesota 10 20 254 Carl Johnson Linebacker Tennessee 11 22 282 Gerald Caswell Guard Colorado State 12 21 307 Jim Arneson Guard Arizona 13 20 332 John Smith Wide Receiver UCLA 14 22 360 Bob Thornton Guard North Carolina 15 21 385 Walt Baisy Linebacker Grambling 16 20 410 John Conley Tight End Hawaii 17 22 438 Les Strayhorn Running Back East Carolina

1974 draft