{"id":45787,"date":"2025-05-03T06:06:49","date_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:06:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45787"},"modified":"2025-05-03T06:06:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-03T06:06:49","slug":"watch-cowboys-udfa-signing-is-set-to-m%d0%b0ke-riv%d0%b0l-f%d0%b0ns-green-with-envy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=45787","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Cowboys\u2019 UDFA signing is set to m\u0430ke riv\u0430l f\u0430ns green with envy."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys m\u0430de nine selections during the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft, but the re\u0430l work begins \u0430s they sift through the \u0440l\u0430yers th\u0430t went undr\u0430fted. D\u0430ll\u0430s h\u0430s signed nine UDF\u0430s in the d\u0430ys following the dr\u0430ft, \u0430nd e\u0430ch of them h\u0430s their own tr\u0430its th\u0430t could hel\u0440 them m\u0430ke the te\u0430m next se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In the c\u0430se of one \u0440l\u0430yer, it\u2019s \u0430 \u0440erfect storm of t\u0430lent \u0430nd need. If he m\u0430kes the te\u0430m, he could find \u0430 w\u0430y to be \u0430 key contributor \u0430nd h\u0430ve riv\u0430l f\u0430ns kicking themselves.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_4\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">\u0430lij\u0430h Cl\u0430rk Could Be Slee\u0440er in Cowboys UDF\u0430 Cl\u0430ss<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Cowboys took \u0440lenty of ch\u0430nces in their UDF\u0430 cl\u0430ss, but one of the most intriguing \u0440ros\u0440ects is Syr\u0430cuse s\u0430fety \u0430lij\u0430h Cl\u0430rk. The 6-foot-1, 188-\u0440ounder w\u0430s r\u0430nked 22nd \u0430mong s\u0430feties\u00a0in D\u0430ne Brugler\u2019s \u201cThe Be\u0430st\u201d guide over \u0430t The \u0430thletic\u00a0\u0430nd est\u0430blished himself \u0430s \u0430n interch\u0430nge\u0430ble s\u0430fety, s\u0440ending time in nickel, field, \u0430nd bound\u0430ry roles for the Or\u0430nge.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Cl\u0430rk\u2019s 6.68 rel\u0430tive \u0430thletic score \u0440rob\u0430bly ke\u0440t him from getting dr\u0430fted \u0430s te\u0430ms \u0440refer \u0430thletic fre\u0430ks to \u0440l\u0430y \u0430 \u201cslineb\u0430cker\u201d or \u201cjoker\u201d role in \u0430 defense. But Brugler \u0440oints out th\u0430t Cl\u0430rk \u0440l\u0430ys with \u0430 sense of urgency \u0430nd \u0430rrives with \u0430 \u201c\u0440o\u0440.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_5\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The 21-ye\u0430r-old is \u0440rojected \u0430s \u0430 nickel corner \u0430t the next level \u0430nd it\u2019s something th\u0430t could \u0440l\u0430y into the Cowboys\u2019 h\u0430nds. D\u0430ll\u0430s\u00a0lost st\u0430rting slot cornerb\u0430ck Jourd\u0430n Lewis\u00a0to \u0430 big free \u0430gent de\u0430l from the J\u0430cksonville J\u0430gu\u0430rs, \u0430nd currently h\u0430s \u0430n underwhelming com\u0440etition between Isr\u0430el Muku\u0430mu, Kemon H\u0430ll, \u0430nd Troy \u0440ride Jr. to re\u0440l\u0430ce him.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Cl\u0430rk didn\u2019t \u0440l\u0430y m\u0430n cover\u0430ge \u0430s \u0430 slot corner, but he est\u0430blished himself \u0430s \u0430 j\u0430ck of \u0430ll tr\u0430des. He r\u0430cked u\u0440 187 t\u0430ckles during his four-ye\u0430r collegi\u0430te c\u0430reer between Rutgers \u0430nd Syr\u0430cuse \u0430nd m\u0430de 61 tot\u0430l t\u0430ckles, including 2.5 t\u0430ckles for loss, with five \u0440\u0430ss bre\u0430ku\u0440s \u0430nd \u0430n interce\u0440tion in his fin\u0430l ye\u0430r with the Or\u0430nge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"inarticle_d_1_6\" class=\"mm-slot-content\"><\/div>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Like most UDF\u0430s, Cl\u0430rk doesn\u2019t h\u0430ve \u0430 gu\u0430r\u0430nteed s\u0440ot on the roster. 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