The Cowboys have been dancing around the safety position for years, but their free agency moves make it seem like they are finally ready to address it in a crucial way. Could that extend to the draft as well? Oregon safety, Verone McKinley is a native Texan, and grew up not far from the Dallas Cowboys’ headquarters. He attended Hebron High School and earned four-star honors coming out. Strangely though, he wasn’t listed as one of the participants in Dallas Day this offseason.
His first significant playing time came in his red-shirt freshman year and he put together quite the campaign. He finished the year with FWAA Freshman All-America team and The Athletic Freshman All-America second-team honors. His career seemed to stall after that in terms of accolades but he developed some ball skills registering an interception, two pass deflections, a forced fumble and a fumble recovery in his second year. His junior season with six picks proved he’s ready to try the next step.