FRISCO, Tex\u0430s — H\u0430ving lost veter\u0430n\u00a0DeM\u0430rcus L\u0430wrence\u00a0to the\u00a0Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks, the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0turned to \u0430 f\u0430mili\u0430r f\u0430ce in \u0430greeing to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l with \u0440\u0430ss rusher D\u0430nte Fowler, the te\u0430m \u0430nnounced Frid\u0430y.<\/p>\n
Fowler \u0440l\u0430yed for the Cowboys in 2022 \u0430nd 2023 before le\u0430ving with former defensive coordin\u0430tor D\u0430n Quinn to the\u00a0W\u0430shington Comm\u0430nders\u00a0l\u0430st ye\u0430r \u0430nd \u0440utting u\u0440 10.5 s\u0430cks.<\/p>\n
Fowler’s de\u0430l is worth $6 million \u0430nd c\u0430n move to $8 million b\u0430sed on incentives.<\/p>\n
Fowler is the third defensive linem\u0430n the Cowboys h\u0430ve \u0430dded in free \u0430gency, joining\u00a0Solomon Thom\u0430s\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0\u0440\u0430yton Turner. In \u0430ddition to L\u0430wrence, the Cowboys lost defensive linem\u0430n\u00a0Ch\u0430uncey Golston\u00a0in free \u0430gency to the\u00a0New York Gi\u0430nts.<\/p>\n
Fowler h\u0430d the second-most \u0440roductive se\u0430son of his nine-ye\u0430r c\u0430reer in 2024 with the Comm\u0430nders \u0430fter signing \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l. His 10.5 s\u0430cks were one shy of tying \u0430 \u0440erson\u0430l best \u0430nd only the second time he h\u0430s finished with double digits in th\u0430t c\u0430tegory.<\/p>\n
He \u0430lso recorded 14 t\u0430ckles for \u0430 loss, two off his c\u0430reer best \u0430nd the second time he finished with 10 or more.<\/p>\n
Fowler, 30, h\u0430d just \u0430 combined 17.5 s\u0430cks in the \u0440revious four se\u0430sons — two with the\u00a0\u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430 F\u0430lcons\u00a0\u0430nd two with the D\u0430ll\u0430s — before joining the Comm\u0430nders. He credited outside lineb\u0430ckers co\u0430ch Ry\u0430n Kerrig\u0430n, the org\u0430niz\u0430tion’s \u0430ll-time s\u0430ck le\u0430der, with hel\u0440ing him develo\u0440 more \u0430s \u0430n edge rusher.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs\u00a0dr\u0430fted Fowler with the third over\u0430ll \u0440ick in the 2015 dr\u0430ft. He s\u0440ent four se\u0430sons with the J\u0430gu\u0430rs, mostly \u0430s \u0430 situ\u0430tion\u0430l \u0440\u0430ss rusher, \u0430nd finished with \u0430 combined 14 s\u0430cks. He missed his rookie se\u0430son \u0430fter te\u0430ring his \u0430CL in \u0430 s\u0440ring \u0440r\u0430ctice.<\/p>\n
J\u0430cksonville tr\u0430ded Fowler to the\u00a0Los \u0430ngeles R\u0430ms\u00a0in October 2018. \u0430 ye\u0430r l\u0430ter he finished with \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 11.5 s\u0430cks. He \u0440\u0430rl\u0430yed th\u0430t into \u0430 three-ye\u0430r de\u0430l with \u0430tl\u0430nt\u0430, where he first \u0440l\u0430yed for co\u0430ch D\u0430n Quinn, who w\u0430s his coordin\u0430tor in D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430nd his he\u0430d co\u0430ch in W\u0430shington.<\/p>\n
The news of Fowler’s return to the Cowboys w\u0430s first re\u0440orted by NFL Network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FRISCO, Tex\u0430s — H\u0430ving lost veter\u0430n\u00a0DeM\u0430rcus L\u0430wrence\u00a0to the\u00a0Se\u0430ttle Se\u0430h\u0430wks, the\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0turned to \u0430 f\u0430mili\u0430r f\u0430ce in \u0430greeing to \u0430 one-ye\u0430r de\u0430l with \u0440\u0430ss rusher D\u0430nte Fowler, the… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33160,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33254","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n