Cowboys selected Oregon DE Jalen Jelks with the No. 241 overall pick in the 2019 NFL Draft.
Jelks (6’5/256) was a two-year starter and four-year contributor on the Ducks’ defensive line, graduating with 29.5 career tackles for loss and 15 sacks and earning first-team All-Pac 12 as a senior. PFF College credited Jelks with a conference-high 27 run stops in 2018, and his 41 QB pressures ranked second among Pac 12 edge defenders. Jenks won with length (34 5/8" arms) and motor in college, but his NFL transition was called into question when he ran 4.92 and managed ninth-percentile SPARQ results at the Combine. Lanky, missing functional strength, and short on explosiveness, Jelks’ likely ceiling is a situational pass rusher in the Shaq Barrett mold.
