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Who is the most surprising person you think will make the Cowboys 53-man roster?
After a little over a week of the Cowboys’ 2025 training camp, we’ve already seen some ripples in this 91-man roster pond. Existing injury situations have been updated, some new ones have started, and players are making good and bad early impressions with their performance. With all of this info to work with, it’s a good time to check back in with our roster projection.
One of the hardest parts of this exercise is not to overreact to these first glimpses out of Oxnard. While some developments will carry through to September, some are just the buzz of the week. A reported camp rock star can find that the music stops fast with a bad preseason showing. Conversely, someone who hasn’t made much noise on the practice field can quickly earn points in those games. So this is still very much a process, and we’re only just getting going.
You can reference the last version of the projection if you want to see what’s changed from early last week. Mostly, it’s because of injuries. But we’ll address the revisions as we go.
OFFENSE (25)
Dak Prescott, Joe Milton III, Will Grier
We need to see how Milton looks in preseason action before we can kick Grier off the roster. Remember, it was shaky play last August that hurt Milton’s stock in New England. And while his athletic gifts are plain to see, it will be how the second-year QB handles more in-game situations, even in preseason, that decides the team’s confidence level. Dumping Grier to save a roster spot makes a lot of sense, but Milton still has to do enough to facilitate it.
Javonte Williams, Jaydon Blue, Miles Sanders
Hunter Luepke
We’re sticking with this foursome for now. We know Blue and Luepke are making it, and so far, Williams and Sanders have done their part to remain frontrunners. As good as Deuce Vaughn has looked, he’s too redundant with what Blue and KaVontae Turpin already offer. If anyone is going to worm their way into the mix, it’s probably Phil Mafah. But given the restraints of camp practices, the power-running rookie may not get to show his best stuff until preseason.
CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens, Jalen Tolbert
Jonathan Mingo, KaVontae Turpin
Tolbert hasn't made a big impression so far in camp. Again, it’s too early to make any big changes from that, but it’s definitely got us wondering how he stacks up right now in this competition. Ryan Flournoy and UDFA Traeshon Holden are two names to watch, who’ve already earned more attention so far. There’s still plenty of time for Tolbert to defend his spot, but he’s off to a slow start.
Jake Ferguson, Luke Schoonmaker, Brevyn Spann-Ford
John Stephens Jr.
Because Hunter Luekple has versatility as a smallish TE, we can keep this quartet...
