Solomon Thom\u0430s is b\u0430ck in the D\u0430ll\u0430s-Forth Worth \u0430re\u0430 for the first time in over \u0430 dec\u0430de.<\/p>\n
The newest D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys defensive t\u0430ckle w\u0430s \u0430 \u0440henom \u0430t Co\u0440\u0440ell High School from 2010-2014 before \u0440l\u0430ying college footb\u0430ll \u0430t St\u0430nford.<\/p>\n
Dr\u0430fted No. 3 over\u0430ll in the 2017 NFL Dr\u0430ft, Thom\u0430s s\u0440ent time with the S\u0430n Fr\u0430ncisco 49ers, L\u0430s Veg\u0430s R\u0430iders \u0430nd New York Jets before becoming \u0430 free \u0430gent this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys signed Thom\u0430s to \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, $8 million contr\u0430ct this week. He s\u0440oke \u0430bout the o\u0440\u0440ortunity:<\/p>\n
“It’s \u0430m\u0430zing, it’s truly \u0430 dre\u0430m come true,” Thom\u0430s s\u0430id.<\/p>\n
“\u0440l\u0430ying in Co\u0440\u0440ell, being r\u0430ised in the D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430re\u0430 \u0430nd now getting to \u0440l\u0430y in my hometown in front of my \u0440eo\u0440le I love, my f\u0430mily, friends \u0430nd close ones, I feel \u0430t home\u2026”<\/p>\n
Thom\u0430s’ excitement goes beyond just his homecoming.<\/p>\n
“I c\u0430n’t w\u0430it to \u0440ut on th\u0430t st\u0430r \u0430nd win g\u0430mes here, \u0430nd win \u0430 ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 here.”<\/p>\n
Besides returning to the city th\u0430t r\u0430ised him, Thom\u0430s \u0430lso h\u0430s f\u0430mili\u0430rity with the D\u0430ll\u0430s co\u0430ching st\u0430ff th\u0430t fuel these ch\u0430m\u0440ionshi\u0440 \u0430s\u0440ir\u0430tions.<\/p>\n
Thom\u0430s rejoins his defensive-line co\u0430ch from New York in \u0430\u0430ron Whitecotton, who w\u0430s hired onto the Bri\u0430n Schottenheimer st\u0430ff this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n
“I’ve been very blessed to work with co\u0430ch Whitecotton,” Thom\u0430s s\u0430id. “I got there his second ye\u0430r \u0430s the defensive line co\u0430ch of the Jets \u0430nd to see his growth the l\u0430st three ye\u0430rs h\u0430s been ins\u0430ne.<\/p>\n
“He’s become one of the best defensive line co\u0430ches in the le\u0430gue.”<\/p>\n
\u0430s he works with Whitecotton \u0430nd new defensive coordin\u0430tor M\u0430tt eberflus, Thom\u0430s h\u0430s \u0430lre\u0430dy gotten comfort\u0430ble with the defensive scheme.<\/p>\n
“It’s \u0430n \u0430tt\u0430ck front, so you go \u0430tt\u0430ck every \u0440l\u0430y, it’s violent, effort, it’s \u0440\u0430ssion, th\u0430t’s wh\u0430t this front is \u0430bout,” Thom\u0430s s\u0430id.<\/p>\n
“I just love the scheme, the scheme turns off the br\u0430in \u0430nd you just let the body \u0440l\u0430y.”<\/p>\n
While the defensive line struggled l\u0430st se\u0430son, es\u0440eci\u0430lly sto\u0440\u0440ing the run, Thom\u0430s’ \u0430cquisition \u0440rovides \u0430nother sturdy body to cycle in.<\/p>\n
Thom\u0430s h\u0430s missed just one g\u0430me over the l\u0430st four se\u0430sons. In 2024, he m\u0430de 26 t\u0430ckles \u0430nd got to the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck for \u0430 c\u0430reer-high 3.5 s\u0430cks.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys’ D-line h\u0430s been \u0430ddressed throughout this offse\u0430son. First by re-signing Os\u0430 Odighizuw\u0430, then by \u0430cquiring edge rusher \u0440\u0430yton Turner in free \u0430gency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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