Dallas Cowboys: Will Dezmin Lewis be the steal of draft?

This week, a theme of mine seems to be looking at the depth at wide receiver of the Dallas Cowboys.

With a lot of the focus this offseason being the Cowboys’ defense and running back position, the wide receiver position I feel is being overlooked, but really it needs some focus on it as well.

The first three wide receiver positions on the team seem to be set for the upcoming 2015 season with Dez Bryant, Terrance Williams and Cole Beasley being the top targets, and OK, I can live with that.

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There still needs to be depth at the position, and the current depth on the roster of the Dallas Cowboys consists of Reggie Dunn, Devin Street and Chris Boyd.

Those three players need challenged this offseason for their spots on the roster, and one player the Cowboys could select in the 2015 NFL draft in possibly in the third or fourth round is Central Arkansas redshirt senior Dezmin Lewis.

CBSSports.com has the 6-4, 214-pound Lewis rated as the 17th overall wide receiver and the 112th overall ranked player in the draft.

Last season, Lewis played in 12 games, where he had 64 receptions for 945 yards and nine touchdowns, his best season in collegiate football. For his 48-game, four-year career, Lewis totaled 2,668 yards and 24 touchdowns on 197 receptions.

Rob Rang of CBSSports.com wrote about Lewis’ strength in his draft profile:

"“Sports an athletic frame with good muscular development in his upper body. Savvy route-runner who varies his release and gait to create slivers of separation. Soft, natural hands to pluck the ball outside of his frame.”"

Rang later went on to describe one of Lewis’ weaknesses as “lacking explosiveness as a runner and leaper.”

Lewis, who had a 4.58 40-yard dash at the NFL Combine, would be an interesting third- or fourth-round selection for sure when it comes to the Cowboys’ draft because Lewis would mirror Boyd in height and weight. Boyd is 6-4, 210, and Street is near them at 6-3, 200 pounds.

Wouldn’t it be fun to see the younger wide receivers battle for the fourth and fifth spots on the roster during training camp? It seems like Lewis could give the younger receivers on the Cowboys a little bit of a spark to add to their improvement this offseason.

I honestly believe if the Cowboys keep all seven of their first-round draft selections they will draft a wide receiver in the mid-to-late rounds, but not in the first two rounds.

According to Brian Fischer of NFL.com, he thinks Lewis could be a Cinderella of the NFL Draft:

"“Plenty of teams will surely be interested in picking him late on Day 3 (Rounds 4-7) of the draft (or earlier) due to his 6-foot-4 frame alone, but he’ll have to round out his game further in order to become a complete NFL receiver.”"

If he does become a Cinderella of this draft, let’s see if it will be the Cowboys the one holding the glass slipper come draft day. Let’s be honest, if one of the top two Cowboys receivers were to go down with an injury, the Cowboys would need a fairy tale of sorts to overcome that type of loss.

Maybe Lewis is that guy who can give the Cowboys some breathing room if a situation like that were to arise in ’15.

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