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The Cowboys need cornerback help.
After losing Jourdan Lewis in free agency and Trevon Diggs unlikely to be ready for the start of the season, Dallas will need to find at least one starting level player at cornerback in this draft class. With Will Johnson and Jahdae Barron being the potential options at 12, we will take a look at some day two options for the Cowboys to improve the cornerback room.
The Cowboys have a knack for drafting players coming off of injury in round two. Shavon Revel fits that mold here as he is currently recovering from an ACL tear he suffered early in the 2024 season. Revel checks a lot of the boxes that the Cowboys look for in their defensive backs.
Listed at 6-foot-2, 192-lbs, Revel has excellent length, coverage skills, and versatility to fit into man and zone-schemes. Revel was considered a first-round talent coming into the season, before suffering the ACL injury in week three. Revel has seen limited reps in the slot, but with a need at outside corner with Diggs currently rehabbing, the former East Carolina corner makes a ton of sense if he is on the board at 44.
One of the best options for the Cowboys with their second-round pick is Ole Miss CB Trey Amos. Amos, a 23-year old senior, is one of the top graded cornerbacks in this class that could be a border-line first-rounder.
Amos has excellent size, length, and athleticism at the position. While he did not show many ball skills or ball production until 2024, he did show some growth in that area of his game throughout the 2024 season. Like Revel, Amos checks a lot of Will McClay’s boxes for cornerbacks and his scheme versatility makes him an intriguing candidate to fit into the Matt Eberflus defense.
Like Shavon Revel, Benjamin Morrison was getting a ton of first-round buzz heading into the season before injuries quieted a lot of the buzz. When healthy, Morrison has some of the best cornerback tape in this class. Morrison proved in his two healthy seasons that he can be a lockdown cover corner with elite ball skills.
Morrison’s hip injuries muddy things a bit, but if he checks out medically he is another example of a first-round caliber player falling into the second round due to injuries suffered during the 2024 season. Morrison does not have the elite length that Revel and Amos have, but his coverage skills, physicality, and fluid movement skills are some of the best in the class.
All the names listed above are more boundary corner fits, but Kansas State CB Jacob Parrish could be the Jourdan Lewis replacement the Cowboys so desperately need. Despite his lack of size, Parrish has relatively good length and pairs it with excellent coverage skills out of the slot.
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