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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.”
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...
