Over the years, the Dallas Cowboys have done an outstanding job in the second phase of the draft process. Once all 256 picks are made, spread across seven rounds, the race to secure prospects who weren’t selected begins.

The undrafted free agents (UDFAs) can often times take a draft from mediocre to good or from good to outstanding. The Cowboys entered draft weekend with a relatively full roster of 73 players. If the Cowboys leave Day 3 with their allotted six selections, they will have just six available roster spots to fill. Of course, the club can always release players to make room for newcomers and if the way they approached Day 2 is any indication, the current staff is none too enamored with holdovers at the bottom of the roster.

Dallas has had their share of UDFA success stories, with of course the most famous being Eastern Illinois’ Tony Romo in 2003. Upon his retirement, Romo essentially holds every major Cowboys passing record.

Other stars such as WR Miles Austin, slot WR Cole Beasley and K Dan “Split’Em” Bailey were UDFA additions. Barry Church and Ron Leary were UDFAs who earned the Cowboys fourth-round compensatory picks after leaving Dallas and getting great deals elsewhere.

On the current roster, right tackle La’el Collins and TE Blake Jarwin are both projected starters for the 2021 season.

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Teams start contacting potential UDFAs during the draft’s sixth and seventh rounds, gauging interest from their agents should the player go undrafted.

As always, this list will be populated based on reports of players being signed. Often times, this works out but sometimes the team is left at the alter like a few years ago with Thomas Rawls out of Central Michigan.

Incidentally, some reports will be misinterpreted by the person reporting. Players are often invited to rookie minicamp (either next weekend or the one following) and then announce they’ve been signed by the team.

Who will be part of this year’s crop for Dallas? We’ll cover them all right here.

Check back often as this list will be continuously updated!

Position	Player	School	Source
RB	Brenden Knox	Marshall	Patrik Walker, CBS Sports
WR	Osiris Mitchell	Mississippi State	Matt Zenitz
LB/S	Tyler Coyle	Purdue	Justin M
TE	Artayvious Lynn	TCU	Aaron WIlson
WR	Brandon Smith	Iowa	Clarence Hill, Jr.
RB	JaQuan Hardy	Tiffin	Draft Diamonds
LB	Anthony Hines	Texas A&M	Patrik Walker
WR	Brennan Eagles	Texas	Inside Texas
WR	TJ Vasher	Texas Tech	Patrik Walker
OL	Braylon Jones	Houston	Patrik Walker
ATH	Nick Ralston	Louisiana	Patrik Walker
TE	Nick Eubanks	Michigan	Dan Ruppert
DE	Austin Faoliu	Oregon	Aaron Wilson

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