It wouldn't be an NFL draft without Monti Ossenfort making a deal.

After staying put through his first four selections -- and acknowledging the Cardinals had chances to trade down in both the second and third rounds on Friday -- the GM moved down in the fifth round on Saturday, dealing the 152nd overall pick to the Dallas Cowboys in exchange for No. 174 at the bottom of the fifth round and a sixth round pick at 211 overall.

"I started to get the shakes a little bit, hadn't done any trades, so figured we'd have to get one in there," the GM joked.

The Cardinals did not have a sixth-round pick coming into the draft.

Ossenfort said the Cardinals also had a chance to trade down in the fourth round but wanted to stay and take Ohio State linebacker Cody Simon.

It is the seventh trade Ossenfort has made during a draft since arriving in Arizona. In the previous two drafts, the six trades executed all came in the first three rounds. It is the sixth time Ossenfort has traded down, the one outlier when he moved from 12 to 6 overall in 2023 to get tackle Paris Johnson Jr.

The Cowboys moved up to take linebacker Shemar James of Florida. The Cardinals took Ohio State cornerback Denzel Burke with pick 174 and Texas guard Hayden Conner with pick 211.