{"id":44764,"date":"2025-04-28T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44764"},"modified":"2025-04-28T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T09:08:31","slug":"cowboys-inspiring-udfa-tyler-neville-looks-to-beat-the-odds-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=44764","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys inspiring UDFA Tyler Neville looks to beat the odds again"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Tyler Neville has overcome adversity throughout his life and now looks to beat the odds as a UDFA with the Dallas Cowboys.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Virginia Cavaliers tight end Tyler Neville runs after a catch during the fourth quarter against the Boston College Eagles. \/ Peter Casey-Imagn Images<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Virginia tight end Tyler Neville wasn’t selected during the 2025\u00a0NFL draft, but will still get a shot to make it as an\u00a0undrafted free agent\u00a0with the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n

Neville joins a crowded depth chart in Dallas with Jake Ferguson, Luke Schoonmaker, Brevyn Spann-Ford, and John Stephens Jr. all ahead of him. The odds are already against undrafted free agents, but the names ahead of him make Neville an extreme longshot.<\/p>\n

That won’t stop him from giving it his all, especially since he’s defied the odds time and again throughout his life. Brandon Loree of\u00a0Blogging the Boys<\/em>\u00a0shared a clip on social media of Neville discussing the odds he’s already overcome.<\/p>\n

Neville said he was born deaf and had multiple surgeries so he could hear. He was also diagnosed with Stage 2 Hodgkin\u2019s Lymphoma during high school.<\/p>\n

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