In his first mock draft of the year, ESPN’s Mel Kiper Jr. has the Cowboys taking a dynamic playmaker with their first-round pick, just not the one most people are expecting.

Pete Carroll has emerged as a Cowboys coach candidate, and sources tell CowboysCountry.com he in the process of assembling a staff in the event he gets this or another job.

The Dallas Cowboys are still searching for a new head coach, and they are currently looking at former Seahawks HC Peter Caroll.

The Cowboys have spent the past few days in conversations with offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer. Jones reportedly had an informal conversation with Colorado coach Deion Sanders at the beginning of the search, and the organization has officially interviewed Kellen Moore, Robert Saleh and Robert Frazier for the open head coaching position.