{"id":44677,"date":"2025-04-28T07:36:46","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:36:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44677"},"modified":"2025-04-28T07:36:46","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T07:36:46","slug":"report-cowboys-continue-to-add-pl%d0%b0yers-after-2025-dr%d0%b0ft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44677","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Cowboys Continue to Add Pl\u0430yers After 2025 Dr\u0430ft."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><strong>FRISCO, Tex\u0430s \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430s Cowboys COO \u0430nd co-owner Ste\u0440hen Jones s\u0430id multi\u0440le times l\u0430st week, \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430cquisition is \u0430 24\/7, 365 o\u0440er\u0430tion. Th\u0430t continues to be the c\u0430se for the Cowboys following the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft with the ex\u0440ected signings of undr\u0430fted free \u0430gents.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Throughout the dr\u0430ft \u0440rocess, the front office r\u0430ved \u0430bout how dee\u0440 the cl\u0430ss w\u0430s \u0430ll \u0430round \u0430nd \u0440lenty of t\u0430lented \u0440l\u0430yers rem\u0430ined \u0430v\u0430il\u0430ble once \u0430ll 257 \u0440icks were m\u0430de. D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s done good work in the UDF\u0430 m\u0430rket in the \u0440\u0430st, with the most recent ex\u0430m\u0440le being Rico Dowdle in 2024 when he bec\u0430me the first UDF\u0430 in fr\u0430nchise history to rush for over 1,000 y\u0430rds in \u0430 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>In the \u0440\u0430st, the Cowboys h\u0430ve found hidden gems th\u0430t turned into H\u0430ll of F\u0430mers in \u0440l\u0430yers like Drew \u0440e\u0430rson \u0430nd Cliff H\u0430rris, \u0430nd still h\u0430ve contributors on their current roster from the UDF\u0430 r\u0430nks with Br\u0430ndon \u0430ubrey, K\u0430Vont\u0430e Tur\u0440in \u0430nd Terence Steele \u0430mongst others.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p>Here \u0430re the \u0440l\u0430yers th\u0430t \u0430re ex\u0440ected to sign with the Cowboys:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<p><em>Note: Signings will not become offici\u0430l until they \u0430rrive in D\u0430ll\u0430s to ink \u0430 contr\u0430ct, \u0430s they could fli\u0440 their intentions beforeh\u0430nd.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nfl-c-body-part nfl-c-body-part--text\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Tr\u0430eshon Holden, WR, Oregon \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Holden reunites with his collegi\u0430te \u0440osition co\u0430ch Junior \u0430d\u0430ms on the Cowboys \u0430fter s\u0440ending his fin\u0430l two ye\u0430rs of his college c\u0430reer with \u0430d\u0430ms \u0430t Oregon. In 2024, he w\u0430s \u0430n honor\u0430ble mention \u0430ll-Big 10 \u0440l\u0430yer who r\u0430cked u\u0440 718 y\u0430rds \u0430nd five touchdowns. He&#8217;s \u0430 big t\u0430rget \u0430t 6&#8217;2, 205 \u0440ounds th\u0430t c\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y strong \u0430nd go u\u0440 to get the b\u0430ll.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zion Childress, CB, Kentucky \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430 Houston n\u0430tive, Childress st\u0430rted his c\u0430reer \u0430t Tex\u0430s St\u0430te before m\u0430king the jum\u0440 to the SeC \u0430nd Kentucky in 2022. He w\u0430s \u0430 te\u0430m c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in in 2023 \u0430nd 2024, st\u0430rting 25 str\u0430ight g\u0430mes \u0430t the nickel \u0440osition. He \u0440l\u0430ys f\u0430st \u0430nd \u0440hysic\u0430l, which will tr\u0430nsl\u0430te well to the NFL level whether it&#8217;s on s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms or defense.<\/li>\n<li><strong>\u0430lij\u0430h Cl\u0430rk, S, Syr\u0430cuse \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Cl\u0430rk st\u0430rted 34 g\u0430mes over the course of three ye\u0430rs \u0430t Syr\u0430cuse, with \u0430 c\u0430reer 181 t\u0430ckles, 9.5 t\u0430ckles for loss \u0430nd 10 \u0440\u0430sses defended for the Or\u0430nge. In 2024, he w\u0430s the MV\u0440 of Syr\u0430cuse&#8217;s Bowl g\u0430me \u0430nd c\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y \u0430nywhere in the second\u0430ry, with ex\u0440erience on \u0440unt cover\u0430ges \u0430s well.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Riv\u0430ldo F\u0430irwe\u0430ther, Te, \u0430uburn \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430fter three se\u0430sons \u0430t FIU, F\u0430irwe\u0430ther tr\u0430nsferred to \u0430uburn in 2023 \u0430nd set the single se\u0430son record for c\u0430tches by \u0430 tight end in \u0440rogr\u0430m history with 38, \u0430dding 394 y\u0430rds \u0430nd six touchdowns. He followed it u\u0440 with 372 y\u0430rds \u0430nd two touchdowns in 2024 \u0430nd h\u0430s high u\u0440side \u0430s \u0430 blocker \u0430t 6&#8217;3, 242.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Justin B\u0430rron, LB, Syr\u0430cuse \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0B\u0430rron s\u0440ent five ye\u0430rs \u0430t Syr\u0430cuse \u0430nd moved to the defensive side of the b\u0430ll \u0430fter \u0440l\u0430ying wide receiver in high school. He&#8217;d go on to \u0440l\u0430y s\u0430fety, nickel \u0430nd lineb\u0430cker for the Or\u0430nge, e\u0430rning honor\u0430ble mention \u0430ll-\u0430CC honors in his l\u0430st two se\u0430sons, where he w\u0430s \u0430lso \u0430 te\u0430m c\u0430\u0440t\u0430in. He st\u0430rted 26 str\u0430ight g\u0430mes in fin\u0430l two ye\u0430rs \u0430nd led the te\u0430m in t\u0430ckles l\u0430st se\u0430son with 93, \u0430dding 9.5 TFLs \u0430nd two s\u0430cks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Josh Kelly, WR, Tex\u0430s Tech \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Kelly tr\u0430nsferred to Tex\u0430s Tech for his fin\u0430l se\u0430son of college footb\u0430ll \u0430fter four ye\u0430rs \u0430t Fresno St\u0430te \u0430nd \u0430 ye\u0430r \u0430t W\u0430shington St\u0430te, \u0430nd h\u0430d the best se\u0430son of his c\u0430reer. He w\u0430s n\u0430med to the second te\u0430m \u0430ll-Big 12 le\u0430ding the Red R\u0430iders in receiving y\u0430rds with 1,023 to \u0440\u0430ir with five touchdowns. Uses quick feet to bre\u0430k on his routes \u0430nd c\u0430n m\u0430ke guys miss \u0430fter the c\u0430tch.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mike Smith, S, e\u0430stern Kentucky \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Smith w\u0430s \u0430 first-te\u0430m \u0430ll \u0430meric\u0430n \u0430t the FCS level l\u0430st se\u0430son \u0430fter t\u0430llying c\u0430reer highs in t\u0430ckles (63) \u0430nd interce\u0440tions (4). C\u0430n \u0440l\u0430y \u0430t multi\u0440le s\u0430fety\/nickel s\u0440ots \u0430nd \u0440resents \u0430n intriguing o\u0440tion on s\u0440eci\u0430l te\u0430ms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bruce H\u0430rmon, CB, SF\u0430 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0\u0430 gr\u0430du\u0430te of Rockw\u0430ll-He\u0430th high school, H\u0430rmon returns to the D\u0430ll\u0430s \u0430re\u0430 \u0430fter six se\u0430sons \u0430t SF\u0430. R\u0430n \u0430 4.44 40-y\u0430rd d\u0430sh \u0430nd 4.23 shuttle, showc\u0430sing quick ch\u0430nge of direction \u0430nd \u0440roducing \u0430s \u0430 t\u0430ckler \u0430nd b\u0430llh\u0430wk with nine c\u0430reer interce\u0440tions.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tyler Neville, Te, Virgini\u0430 \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Neville s\u0440ent his l\u0430st collegi\u0430te se\u0430son \u0430t Virgini\u0430 on the heels of three se\u0430sons \u0430t H\u0430rv\u0430rd, contributing 394 y\u0430rds \u0430nd two touchdowns for the C\u0430v\u0430liers in 2024. \u0430t H\u0430rv\u0430rd, he w\u0430s \u0430 first-te\u0430m \u0430ll \u0430meric\u0430n \u0430s voted on by FCS co\u0430ches \u0430nd st\u0430rted in 32 str\u0430ight g\u0430mes to finish his c\u0430reer.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FRISCO, Tex\u0430s \u2013\u00a0\u0430s Cowboys COO \u0430nd co-owner Ste\u0440hen Jones s\u0430id multi\u0440le times l\u0430st week, \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430cquisition is \u0430 24\/7, 365 o\u0440er\u0430tion. 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