Exhibit 23.7

CAWLEY, GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

CONSENT OF CAWLEY, GILLESPIE & ASSOCIATES, INC.

As independent consultants, Cawley, Gillespie & Associates, Inc. hereby consents to the references to our firm in this Registration Statement on Form S-1 for WildHorse Resource Development Corporation, and to the use of information from, and the inclusion of, our reserve audits (i) dated February 3, 2015, with respect to the estimates of reserves and future net revenues of WildHorse Resources II, LLC, as of December 31, 2014, (ii) dated February 11, 2016, with respect to the estimates of reserves and future net revenues of WildHorse Resources II, LLC as of December 31, 2015, and (iii) dated August 11, 2016, with respect to the estimates of reserves and future net revenues of WildHorse Resources II, LLC as of June 30, 2016, in this Registration Statement. We further consent to the reference to our firm under the heading “Experts” in this Registration Statement and related prospectus.