The Dallas Cowboys’ two biggest free agents, Dak Prescott, and Amari Cooper are currently trying to work out long-term deals. While that may dominate the headlines, the Cowboys made an under the radar move regarding another pending free agent.
According to ESPN’s Field Yates, the Cowboys have picked up the 2020 option on Jamize Olawale. He will make $1 million in base salary and is eligible to earn up to $100,000 in per-game roster bonuses.
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After going undrafted in 2012, Olawale received a tryout for rookie mini-camp as a with the Cowboys. He performed well enough to be signed as an undrafted free agent on May 14. Although he played well in the preseason, he was waived on August 31, then signed to the practice squad. Then on December 4 he was signed by the Oakland Raiders, where he would play the next six seasons mostly as a core special teams player.
In March of 2018, the Raiders traded Olawale and a 2018 sixth-round pick to the Cowboys for a fifth-round pick.
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His role in Dallas has been defined as a third-phase player, as evident by him not having a single carry and only two receptions in the last two seasons. That’s not really surprising, though, when you consider for his career he only has 644 all-purpose yards and seven total touchdowns.
Olawale has been a solid special teams performer, logging 277 snaps and four tackles in 2019 alone.
Not the flashy move fans want to see but the Cowboys just assured that new special teams coordinator John Fassel has a reliable piece to work with.
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