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7. (237) Alan Ball, CB
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007Alan Ball stands at 6′1″, 175 pounds so he’s a wiry guy. He has problems in defended the pass as his only strength on defense is the fast that he supports the run well. He played against top level competition at Illinois but he still wasn’t projected to get drafted by draft experts. Expect him to make the Cowboys on special teams but he doesn’t have much of an upside.
7. (212) Courtney Brown, CB
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007The Cowboys like to take workout warriors late in the draft and hope they can coach them up and Brown falls into this category. Brown is 6′1″, 205 pounds and he runs a 4.32 40 and that’s the good news. The bad news is that he played his college ball at Cal Poly so the competition will be quite a jump for him. In 41 games (31 starts) at Cal Poly, Brown made 111 tackles, broke up 22 passes and intercepted 10 passes (63 return yards). If nothing else Brown should help the Cowboys on special teams.
6. (178) Nick Folk, K/P
Wednesday, June 13th, 2007This was an interesting pick by the Dallas Cowboys. The Cowboys will let Folk take on Martin Gramatica in an open competition for the placekicking job. In 44 games at Arizona, Folk was 30 for 47 (63.8%) on field goals with a long kick of 53 yards. He also made 86 of 89 extra points. It’s also possible that the Cowboys might want Gramatica to focus on field goals and let Folk be the kickoff man for a season. Folk also can punt the ball as he averaged 44.0 yards per punt as a senior for Arizona. This seems like an odd pick for the Cowboys.
