Once-popular Cowboys target may be best player available on Day 2 of draft

First-round draft picks get all the love, but Day 2 often make up the backbone of the team. Just looking at the Cowboys ' current roster, you'll find several significant contributors- Cooper Beebe, DeMarvion Overshown, Sam Williams, Shavon Revel, and Donovan Ezeiruaku- who the team picked up in Rounds 2 or 3 of their respective drafts. There are loads of prospects in this year's class still waiting (for any number of reasons) to hear their name called who will go on to be every bit as successful as the ones who got the full hug-the-commish-and-pose-with-the-jersey moment on Thursday.

The problem for the Cowboys, of course, is that the "best available" players at the start of the second round will almost certainly be long gone by the time Dallas gets back on the clock at No. 92. The team wasn't shy about turning those fifth-round picks and a seventh into two fourth-rounders on Thursday night, but there's less in the bank now, should the Cowboys have their eye on trading up for a particular second-round talent.

But as unpredictable as Round 1 turned out to be, never say never. Here's a look at the best Day 2 players still available, according to USA Today's Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz . Cornerback Jermod McCoy, Tennessee Colton Hood, Tennessee Avieon Terrell, Clemson Chris Johnson, San Diego State D'Angelo Ponds, Indiana Treydan Stukes, Arizona Keionte Scott, Miami Brandon Cisse, South Carolina Keith Abney II, Arizona State Malik Muhammad, Texas Linebacker Jacob Rodriguez, Texas Tech Cashius Howell, Texas A&M CJ Allen, Georgia Anthony Hill Jr.

, Texas R Mason Thomas, Oklahoma Jake Golday, Cincinnati Kyle Louis, Pitt Josiah Trotter, Missouri Keyshaun Elliott, Arizona State Kaleb Elarms-Orr, TCU Wide receiver Denzel Boston, Washington Germie Bernard, Alabama Chris Bell, Lousiville Bryce Lance, North Dakota State Chris Brazzell II, Tennessee Antonio Williams, Clemson Ted Hurst, Georgia State Zachariah Branch, Georgia De'Zhaun Stribling, Mississippi Elijah Sarratt, Indiana Offensive line OG Emmanuel Pregnon, Oregon OG Chase Bisontis, Texas A&M OT Gennings Dunker, Iowa OC Connor Lew, Auburn OC Sam Hecht, Kansas State OC Jake Slaughter, Florida OT Dametrious Crownover, Texas A&M Tight end Eli Stowers, Vanderbilt Max Clare, Ohio State Oscar Delp, Georgia Justin Joly, North Carolina State Sam Roush, Stanford Running back Mike Washington Jr. , Arkansas Emmett Johnson, Nebraska Jonah Coleman, Washington Demond Claiborne, Wake Forest Kaytron Allen, Penn State Eli Heidenreich, Navy Safety Emmanuel McNeil-Warren, Toledo Bud Clark, TCU VJ Payne, Kansas State Defensive end Zion Young, Missouri T. J.