POD Community Mock: With the 12th pick, the Cowboys select…
With the 12th pick in the 2026 Community Mock Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select CB Mansoor Delane.
BATON ROUGE, LA - OCTOBER 11: Mansoor Delane #4 of the LSU Tigers pregame against the South Carolina Gamecoks on October 11, 2025 at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. (Photo by Gus Stark/LSU/University Images via Getty Images) The Dallas Cowboys are on the clock in our Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft. Please, please, hold your boos.
Selecting for the Cowboys in this mock draft is commenter 1951LION. That’s very appropriate, because 1951 was the last year the Cowboys made an NFC Championship Game. * *Blatantly untrue Before we get to the 12th overall pick, head to our 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft tracker .
There you’ll find the previous 11 picks, along with links to each article and a grade for each pick, as decided by you, the readers. Don’t forget to cast your vote for each pick with the poll at the bottom of the articles. Now, onto this pick: With the 12th pick in the 2026 Pride of Detroit Community Mock Draft, the Dallas Cowboys select Mansoor Delane, cornerback out of LSU.
Here’s 1951LION explaining the pick: The Dallas Cowboys’ cornerback room looked like swiss cheese with all the holes it had. DaRon Bland remains a solid piece when healthy, but the other young CBs—Shavon Revel Jr. and Caelen Carson—have yet to take a step up to the podium.