Dallas Cowboys 30 Visit Tracker for NFL Draft: O-Line, Running Backs & 'Need'

FRISCO - The Dallas Cowboys are showing some trends and some biases in their valued pre-NFL Draft 30 Visits, with offensive linemen who have first-round value and running backs who figure right after that playing prominent roles on the so-far list. To wit (with Blogging the Boys' very helpful consensus board rankings listed as well) ...

14: Taliese Fuaga, OT, Oregon State
19: Byron Murphy, DT, Texas
20: Troy Fautanu, OL, Washington
24: Jackson Powers-Johnson, OC, Oregon
27: Graham Barton, OL, Duke
33: Darius Robinson, EDGE, Missouri
40: Kingsley Suamataia, OT, BYU
44: Edgerrin Cooper, LB Texas A&M
47: Payton Wilson, LB, North Carolina State
55: Ja’Tavion Sanders, TE, University of Texas
56: Junior Colson, LB, Michigan
60: Trey Benson, RB, Florida State
61: Jonathon Brooks, RB, University of Texas
64: Malachi Corley, WR, Western Kentucky
102: Braelon Allen, RB, Wisconsin
114: Bucky Irving, RB, Oregon
127: Matt Goncalves, OT, Pitt
159: Trevin Wallace, LB, Kentucky
167: Tyrone Tracy, RB, Purdue
188: Jordan Magee, LB, Temple
189: Rasheen Ali, RB, Marshall
190: Jase McClellan, RB, Alabama
215: Nathaniel Watson, LB, Mississippi State
341: Emani Bailey, RB, TCU
N/R: Giovanni Manu, T, British Columbia

Traditionally, the Cowboys don't play games with 30 Visits coming here into The Star - maybe one of the reasons Dallas is among the NFL's best in nailing its premium picks. Some guys are prospect they know well, others they are just getting to know. But there are four first-round offensive linemen here. And there are eight running backs total, including at least three who might be second-rounders. (Is Texas' Jonathan Brooks "the best fit''?)

Does the talent match the need? That's part of the process as Dallas picks through the names while using these visits wisely.