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Donovan Ezeiruaku says Cowboys are getting a versatile ‘dawg’ in him – Tommy Yarrish, DallasCowboys.com
Donovan Ezeiruaku, and his family, have to dump the Eagles.
Donovan Ezeiruaku was born in Williamstown, New Jersey and grew up in a family of Philadelphia Eagles fans. After the Cowboys selected him with the 44th overall pick in the NFL Draft last week, he’s forced them to abandon that fandom.
“All that is gone,” Ezeiruaku said. “I’ve got an uncle who was a Philly fanatic, and he’s going through it right now because he’s got to throw away all his Philly gear in his mancave downstairs. It’s serious.”
While his uncle and the rest of his family is processing their transition to becoming Cowboys fans, Ezeiruaku is still processing living out every football player’s dream and getting accustomed to his new home.
“It’s pretty cool, I think I’m still kind of processing being grabbed, orientational stuff,” Ezeiruaku said. “But it’s pretty cool actually being here and seeing a little bit of the practice, I’m excited.”
Ezeiruaku arrived at the Star in Frisco on Thursday alongside his new rookie teammates ahead of the Cowboys’ rookie minicam, which begins on Friday. The group is still in the early parts of getting to know one another, but they all share a common trait.
“You can tell we’ve got a little edge to us, that competitive edge,” Ezeiruaku said. “It’s been pretty good, we seem pretty cool, feeling each other out, but it’s been good.”
Health of Trevon Diggs, Shavon Revel vital to Dallas Cowboys’ cornerback success – Nick Harris, Star-Telegram
The cornerback situation is still a little iffy because of healthy issues.
Revel, who was regarded by league scouts as a likely first round talent going into the 2024 season, suffered a torn ACL in September and missed the rest of his senior year and the entirety of the pre-draft process. While the Cowboys did get solid value for a likely day one starter at cornerback, Revel’s injury adds yet another question mark at the position group heading into the season.
“That’s a big question for me,” owner and general manager Jerry Jones said after picking Revel. “This is the best medical we got about being ready. In other words, he’s better than the guys that we’re counting on being ready that we’ve got on an injury situation. Feel good about it. Feel very good about it.”
Cowboys executive vice president Stephen Jones said he expects Revel to begin training camp on the physically unable to perform (PUP) list before hitting the field for the first time while the team is in Oxnard.
“We will get him in here and see where he is,” Stephen Jones said. “[The doctors] feel optimistic. This kid’s very motivated. This man’s very motivated, and there’s obviously an opportunity here. He is young, if he exceeds expectations and starts to practice up during the process of training camp, but we also know it could be later than that.”
On the flip side, Diggs is recovering from a bone chondral surgery he had done in January that could require as much as eight months of rehab. It’s the second straight offseason that he is rehabbing a knee injury after tearing his ACL in October 2023.
“He’s working hard,” Jerry Jones said. “That’s very important because if he will be very good and diligent as to his rehab process, then he’ll get back quicker.” “When he does getback, [he will be] sounder than if he has not worked as hard. He’s more subject to injury. He’s learned that one time. My point is, I have a lot of hope that his actual rehab and experience from the time before [in 2024] is really helping him out, and I think it has.”
Troy Aikman: Cowboys’ top draft pick Tyler Booker has ‘it’ factor – Staff DMN
Tyler Booker has a fan in Troy Aikman.
What did you think about the Cowboys’ draft this year?
Aikman: “Well, from what it looks like anyway, I thought it was fantastic. Looked like they filled a lot of needs with some players with good value that can step in and play pretty early. … We won’t know for a few years, but by all accounts, it looks good.
“I will say that Tyler Booker, for instance, didn’t know anything about him, saw the highlight tape after he was drafted. But when they interviewed him, boy, I’ll tell you what, I’ll be shocked if this guy’s not a player. As a former player, as someone who has been in locker rooms and seen guys and been around some really great offensive linemen, you can just tell when a guy has it. And this guy, by all accounts, certainly has it.”
What about your dealings with Brian Schottenheimer? What are your overall impressions of him?
Aikman: “Yeah, I like Brian a lot. I’ve known him a long time. … I don’t think anyone saw that happening when [Mike] McCarthy left, that Brian Schottenheimer would, in fact, get the job. But I like him a lot, obviously, has great pedigree. I would expect that we’re going to see a style of offense, and by all indications on the personnel decisions, much like his dad, you know, a little bit of Marty ball — power running game, play-action pass. I think all that’s good. I think we’re seeing the better teams go to that style, but I like Brian a lot. You know, you never know what you don’t know, and no one’s ever prepared to be a head coach. And so how it shakes out is anybody’s guess. I wish him well.
“ … Brian Schottenheimer is going to be judged by the same measurements as what Ben Johnson is and every other head coach in this league. If he wins, people are going to love him. They’re going to say it was a great hire. If he doesn’t, they’re going to say, yeah, you know, we knew we shouldn’t have hired him. So now it’s all in front of him, and what he’s able to do with it.”
2026 NFL mock draft: Reid’s early first-round predictions – Jordan Reid, ESPN
It’s never too early…
13. Dallas Cowboys
Ja’Kobi Lane, WR, USC*
The Cowboys passed on taking a wide receiver early this year, so they still need a high-level complement to CeeDee Lamb. Enter Lane, who had 12 touchdown catches on 43 receptions last season. Lane has a high-end catch radius and sudden movement traits at 6-4, 195 pounds. I just want to see more consistency. I was in attendance for his three-touchdown performance in the Las Vegas Bowl, but Lane had fewer than 50 yards in seven of the 12 games he played last season. If he expands his route tree and has a few more big games this fall, he could entrench himself as the WR1 of the class.
