Cowboys bring back former 7th-round draft pick at DT
The Cowboys are bolstering their defensive line depth for the regular season’s final stretch of games by bringing back a familiar face.
Defensive tackle Justin Rogers has been signed off Cincinnati’s practice squad, according to the team. He takes the roster spot of linebacker DeMarvion Overshown, who has officially been placed on season-ending injured reserve after suffering a devastating knee injury versus the Bengals on Dec. 9.
Rogers was drafted by the Cowboys in the seventh round of 2024’s draft, selected 244th overall. After spending training camp with the team, he was released on Aug. 26 and signed by the Bengals three days later.
Rogers has not yet made it into a game at the NFL level.
The 6-foot-2-inch, 340-pounder caught the eye of several observers in Oxnard this summer with not only his size but the run-stop skills he showed at Auburn as a college senior and prior to that at Kentucky.
“Been keeping an eye on him,” head coach Mike McCarthy told reporters Thursday. “Fortunate to have the opportunity to bring him back. We still consider him one of ours. … Obviously, we thought enough of him to draft him, so it’ll be great to get him back into the mix.”
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Rogers will join a DT group that currently includes Osa Odighizuwa, Mazi Smith, and Linval Joseph. Denzel Daxon and Phil Hoskins are also listed at the position on the Dallas practice squad.
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