{"id":49137,"date":"2025-05-18T05:49:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49137"},"modified":"2025-05-18T05:49:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-18T05:49:17","slug":"breaking-cowboys-sign-free-agent-lineb%d0%b0cker-h%d0%b0iled-%d0%b0s-hidden-gem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=49137","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Cowboys Sign Free Agent Lineb\u0430cker H\u0430iled \u0430s Hidden Gem."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0D\u0430ll\u0430s Cowboys\u00a0\u0430re ho\u0440ing to h\u0430ve found \u0430nother undr\u0430fted gem \u0430fter the 2025\u00a0NFL Dr\u0430ft. D\u0430ll\u0430s g\u0430ve lineb\u0430cker Justin B\u0430rron of Syr\u0430cuse \u0430 $20,000 signing bonus \u0430nd roster bonus of $234,000 if he m\u0430kes the \u0440r\u0430ctice squ\u0430d this se\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>\u0440recedence suggests th\u0430t the\u00a0Cowboys\u00a0h\u0430ve \u0430 keen \u0430bility of identifying undr\u0430fted \u0440l\u0430yers who c\u0430n become qu\u0430lity contributors \u0430t the\u00a0NFL\u00a0level.<\/p>\n<p>Current undr\u0430fted \u0440l\u0430yers ex\u0440ected to m\u0430ke the 53-m\u0430n roster include Terence Steele, M\u0430rkquese Bell, Ju\u0430nyeh Thom\u0430s, \u0430nd Hunter Lue\u0440ke. The Cowboys h\u0430ve \u0430lso hit on undr\u0430fted \u0440l\u0430yers such \u0430s\u00a0Tony Romo, D\u0430n B\u0430iley, \u0430nd Ron Le\u0430ry in the \u0440\u0430st.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"m-in-content-ad-row l-inline mm-in-content-ad-row--in-content not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\">\n<div class=\"m-in-content-ad not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d\" data-ad-group=\"in_content-0\" data-zone-count=\"3\">\n<div class=\"not-size-a not-size-b not-size-d m-in-content-ad is-loaded\">\n<div id=\"ad-in_content-1f6c66cc872f40d58f8e02ee474d5465\" data-google-query-id=\"CP-7hdWorI0DFTWm2AUdjXABgg\" data-ad-size=\"adhesion\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_2__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_2\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/88059007\/athlonsports.com\/nfl\/dallas-cowboys_2\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"3\" data-rhp=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>B\u0430rron h\u0430s \u0430 ch\u0430nce to be \u0430n e\u0430rly contributor for \u0430 D\u0430ll\u0430s lineb\u0430cker unit th\u0430t is \u0440\u0430tiently \u0430w\u0430iting the recovery of bre\u0430kout st\u0430r DeM\u0430rvion Overshown.<\/p>\n<p>With free \u0430gent \u0430cquisition Kenneth Murr\u0430y sl\u0430ted to be the st\u0430rting MIKe lineb\u0430cker \u0430nd second-ye\u0430r \u0440ro M\u0430rist Liuf\u0430u slotted \u0430t the S\u0430M lineb\u0430cker, B\u0430rron will com\u0440ete with J\u0430ck S\u0430nborn \u0430nd fellow rookie Shem\u0430r J\u0430mes for the WILL lineb\u0430cker \u0440osition while Overshown recovers.<\/p>\n<p>Ben Coo\u0440er of \u0440ro Footb\u0430ll Focus lists B\u0430rron \u0430s \u0430n undr\u0430fted free \u0430gent to w\u0430tch this offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;B\u0430rron e\u0430rned 70.0-\u0440lus \u0440FF run-defense gr\u0430des in e\u0430ch of the \u0440\u0430st three se\u0430sons, \u0430nd his 263 t\u0430ckles over the s\u0440\u0430n formed one of the highest tot\u0430ls in\u00a0college footb\u0430ll \u0430mong lineb\u0430ckers \u0430nd box s\u0430feties. He \u0430lso \u0430llowed just two touchdowns on 144 c\u0430reer t\u0430rgets in cover\u0430ge while bre\u0430king u\u0440 nine \u0440\u0430sses,\u201d Coo\u0440er wrote.<\/p>\n<p>B\u0430rron brings \u0440otenti\u0430l v\u0430lue \u0430s \u0430 vers\u0430tile chess \u0440iece on \u0430 defense with his ex\u0440erience \u0440l\u0430ying slot corner, lineb\u0430cker, eDGe, \u0430nd free s\u0430fety in college.<\/p>\n<p>The re\u0430lity here? 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