{"id":42306,"date":"2025-04-19T07:56:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-19T07:56:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42306"},"modified":"2025-04-19T07:58:07","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T07:58:07","slug":"breaking-cowboys-could-fill-void-with-nfls-most-underrated-pick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=42306","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Could Fill Void With NFL\u2019s \u2018Most Underrated\u2019 Pick"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption \">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2182691958-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2182691958-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2182691958-1.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2182691958-1.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Dallas Cowboys\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"716\" data-img-load-time=\"723\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"wp-caption-text\">\n<p><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty Images<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-post-image-caption-text\">The Dallas Cowboys could fill a hole in their lineup with a very under-the-radar pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Dallas Cowboys\u00a0are coming up on the\u00a02025 NFL Draft, and needless to say, it will be a very important one for the franchise. They have a new head coach in\u00a0Brian Schottenheimer, and he\u2019s looking to separate himself from the past and forge ahead with new players and a new approach.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, guys like\u00a0Dak Prescott\u00a0and\u00a0CeeDee Lamb\u00a0will still be with the Cowboys. But, the team also has to usher in new talent. That\u2019s where the NFL Draft comes into play.<\/p>\n<h2>Dallas Cowboys Urged Not to Overlook Diamond in the Rough<\/h2>\n<p>The Dallas Cowboys would be wise to go for a wide receiver in this year\u2019s draft, and they likely will. Right now, the favorite is\u00a0Arizona\u2019s Tetairoa McMillan, but if he\u2019s taken by the time the Cowboys have their No. 12 pick, which could very well happen, all is not lost.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s nothing wrong with having a Plan B, and the Cowboys could have that in one underrated player. In an\u00a0April 17 feature for Blogging the Boys, NFL analyst and expert David Howman calls Melquan Stovall \u201cthe most underrated prospect in the 2025 NFL Draft\u201d and urges the Cowboys to look at him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStovall is a unique case, as he has six years of college football to his name but with major asterisks on each individual season,\u201d Howman notes, adding that there are three different programs he played for, so Stovall\u2019s kind of flying under the radar in the draft. Those teams, by the way, are Nevada, Colorado State and Arizona State.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStanding at 5\u20199\u2033 and 190 pounds, Stovall is a slender but speedy receiver who almost exclusively worked out of the slot,\u201d Howman adds.<\/p>\n<p>Stovall certainly has Howman\u2019s stamp of approval, with\u00a0Stovall stating that the player is\u00a0\u201ceverything you want in a slot receiver. He\u2019s speedy, having run a\u00a04.4 40-yard dash\u00a0at the Big 12\u2019s combined pro day (Stovall wasn\u2019t invited to the NFL Combine). He\u2019s also quick and explosive, with one of the better athletic profiles among receivers in this draft class.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Howman calls Stovall a great athlete,\u201d as well as \u201creliable,\u201d with a career\u00a04.8% drop rate across his six seasons.<\/p>\n<h2>Taking the Good With the Bad<\/h2>\n<p>But, there are some negatives to Stovall, which is expected. No player is perfect, and Stovall wouldn\u2019t be so under the radar if he was that perfect a pick. Howman says that while there are some \u201cvery real issues with Stovall\u2019s player profile,\u201d that doesn\u2019t mean he isn\u2019t worth being selected high in the draft.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHis size effectively limits him to a slot role, and his lack of elite production regardless of asterisks is going to scare teams away,\u201d\u00a0Howman states. \u201cThat\u2019s why Stovall is likely headed for undrafted free agency, though some savvy team may take a late flyer on him in the sixth or seventh round.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the end, NFL teams could do a lot worse than Stovall. \u201cHe has a rare combination of experience, athleticism, and untapped potential that isn\u2019t entirely dissimilar from other once-overlooked receiver prospects like Stefon Diggs or Puka Nacua,\u201d Howman notes.<\/p>\n<p>So, if the Cowboys are in a pinch, they should get him on their radar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getty Images The Dallas Cowboys could fill a hole in their lineup with a very under-the-radar pick in the 2025 NFL Draft. 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