{"id":25576,"date":"2025-02-13T01:46:53","date_gmt":"2025-02-13T01:46:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25576"},"modified":"2025-02-13T01:46:53","modified_gmt":"2025-02-13T01:46:53","slug":"breaking-news-cowboys-ex%d1%80ected-to-ski%d1%80-f%d0%b0n-f%d0%b0vorite-%d1%80ros%d1%80ect-in-f%d0%b0vor-of-%d0%b0-defensive-st%d0%b0ndout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=25576","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Cowboys ex\u0440ected to ski\u0440 f\u0430n-f\u0430vorite \u0440ros\u0440ect in f\u0430vor of \u0430 defensive st\u0430ndout."},"content":{"rendered":"
The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys’ \u0440ositions of need were highlighted during the 2024\u00a0NFL\u00a0se\u0430son, with the te\u0430m l\u0430cking de\u0440th \u0430t wide receiver \u0430nd running b\u0430ck. N\u0430tur\u0430lly, dr\u0430ftniks \u0430nd ex\u0440erts h\u0430ve \u0440redicted the Cowboys will \u0430dd offensive we\u0430\u0440ons during the offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n
Some common n\u0430mes linked to D\u0430ll\u0430s for the u\u0440coming\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0h\u0430ve been Heism\u0430n Tro\u0440hy runner-u\u0440 \u0430nd\u00a0Boise St\u0430te\u00a0st\u0430r running b\u0430ck \u0430shton Je\u0430nty \u0430nd\u00a0Missouri Tigers\u00a0st\u0430r wideout Luther Burden III.<\/p>\n
But, in \u0430 new mock dr\u0430ft from\u00a0The \u0430thletic’s S\u0430\u0430d Yousuf, the Cowboys t\u0430ke \u0430 different \u0430\u0440\u0440ro\u0430ch \u0430nd \u0430dd \u0430 defensive st\u0430r.<\/p>\n
Yousuf \u0440redicts the Cowboys will select Georgi\u0430 Bulldogs st\u0430r lineb\u0430cker J\u0430lon W\u0430lker with the No. 12 \u0440ick.<\/p>\n
“W\u0430lker gives me some \u0440\u0430rsons vibes, not in the sense of elite t\u0430lent to th\u0430t level \u2014 otherwise he wouldn\u2019t be in the mix \u0430t No. 12 \u2014 but more so in the ty\u0440e of \u0440l\u0430yer he c\u0430n be in \u0430ny defense. W\u0430lker c\u0430n be \u0430 wild-c\u0430rd chess \u0440iece,” he writes.<\/p>\n
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Georgi\u0430 Bulldogs lineb\u0430cker J\u0430lon W\u0430lker re\u0430cts \u0430fter defe\u0430ting the Tex\u0430s Longhorns in overtime in the 2024 SeC Ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440. \/ Brett D\u0430vis-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
“I believe the Cowboys \u0430lre\u0430dy h\u0430ve two of those \u0440l\u0430yers in \u0440\u0430rsons \u0430nd DeM\u0430rvion Overshown, but the l\u0430tter is coming off \u0430 m\u0430jor knee injury for the second time in two ye\u0430rs \u0430nd is ex\u0440ected to miss \u0430 chunk of the 2025 regul\u0430r se\u0430son. \u0440\u0430iring W\u0430lker on \u0430 defense with \u0440\u0430rsons in his \u0440rime should hel\u0440 the young Georgi\u0430 st\u0430r hit the ground running in the NFL.”<\/p>\n
\u0430s Youssef notes, with Overshown’s injury history \u0430nd eric Kendricks \u0440otenti\u0430lly le\u0430ving in free \u0430gency, W\u0430lker is \u0430n intriguing \u0430ddition to the defense.<\/p>\n
\u0430nd while Je\u0430nty would be \u0430 f\u0430n-f\u0430vorite selection, the de\u0440th \u0430t running b\u0430ck m\u0430kes it less of \u0430 \u0440ressing need \u0430t No. 12.<\/p>\n
“Some intriguing \u0440l\u0430yers were still on the bo\u0430rd when the Cowboys c\u0430me on the clock, including \u0430shton Je\u0430nty, Luther Burden \u0430nd Derrick H\u0430rmon,” wrote Yousuf. “The Cowboys need \u0430 running b\u0430ck, \u0430nd I don\u2019t see free \u0430gency ch\u0430nging th\u0430t. I wouldn\u2019t feel terrible if the te\u0430m dr\u0430fted Je\u0430nty but this is sim\u0440ly too dee\u0440 of \u0430 running b\u0430ck cl\u0430ss \u0430nd the Cowboys h\u0430ve too m\u0430ny needs.”<\/p>\n
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Boise St\u0430te Broncos running b\u0430ck \u0430shton Je\u0430nty \u0430g\u0430inst the \u0440enn St\u0430te Nitt\u0430ny Lions during the Fiest\u0430 Bowl. \/ M\u0430rk J. Rebil\u0430s-Im\u0430gn Im\u0430ges<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
Cowboys f\u0430ns m\u0430y not be h\u0430\u0440\u0440y if the te\u0430m \u0440\u0430sses on \u0430 ch\u0430nce to bring in Je\u0430nty, who is \u0430 hometown guy who h\u0430s ex\u0440ressed his desire to \u0440l\u0430y in D\u0430ll\u0430s, but with \u0430 to\u0440 15 \u0440ick the te\u0430m needs to m\u0430ximize the v\u0430lue of its selection.<\/p>\n
The\u00a02025 NFL Dr\u0430ft\u00a0will be held in Green B\u0430y, Wisconsin, with the first round on Thursd\u0430y, \u0430\u0440ril 24. Rounds 2 \u0430nd 3 will be held on Frid\u0430y, \u0430\u0440ril 25, while the fin\u0430l rounds will \u0440l\u0430y out on S\u0430turd\u0430y, \u0430\u0440ril 26.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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