2024 Dallas Cowboys season

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2024 Dallas Cowboys season
Owner Jerry Jones
General managerJerry Jones
Head coach Mike McCarthy
Offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer
Defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer
Home field AT&T Stadium

The 2024 Season will be the Dallas Cowboys' upcoming 65th season in the National Football League (NFL) and their fifth under head coach Mike McCarthy. This will be the first season since 2020 that Dan Quinn will not be their defensive coordinator, as the Washington Commanders hired him to be their head coach. He was replaced in that role by former Minnesota Vikings head coach Mike Zimmer, who returned to the Cowboys after eighteen years. The Cowboys will be attempting to improve upon their 12–5 record from the past three seasons, make the playoffs for the fourth straight year, and win the NFC East in back to back years, something the Cowboys have not done since 1993, and no NFC East team has done since the Philadelphia Eagles in 2004.

Contents

For the first time since 2010, offensive tackle Tyron Smith will not be on the roster, as he signed with the New York Jets during free agency. [1] On April 29, running back Ezekiel Elliott returned to the team after a year away. [2]

Offseason

Signings

PositionPlayerAge2023 teamContract
RB Ezekiel Elliott 29 New England Patriots 1 year, $3 million
RB Royce Freeman 28 Los Angeles Rams 1 year, $1.25 million
LB Eric Kendricks 32 Los Angeles Chargers 1 year, $3 million

Re-signings

PositionPlayerAgeContract
RB Rico Dowdle 251 year, $1.25 million
G Chuma Edoga 271 year, $1.3 million
CB C. J. Goodwin 341 year, $3.7 million
CB Jourdan Lewis 291 year, $2.8 million
LS Trent Sieg 291 year, $1.3 million


Departures

PositionPlayerAge2024 team
RB Tony Pollard 27 Tennessee Titans
WR Michael Gallup 28 Las Vegas Raiders
TE Sean McKeon 27 Detroit Lions
OT Tyron Smith 34 New York Jets
C Tyler Biadasz 27 Washington Commanders
DE Dorance Armstrong 27Washington Commanders
DE Dante Fowler 30Washington Commanders
DT Neville Gallimore 27 Miami Dolphins
DT Johnathan Hankins 32 Seattle Seahawks
LB Leighton Vander Esch 28Retired
CB Stephon Gilmore 34TBD
CB Noah Igbinoghene 25Washington Commanders
SS Jayron Kearse 30TBD

Draft

2024 Dallas Cowboys Draft
RoundSelectionPlayerPositionCollege
1 29 Tyler Guyton OT Oklahoma
256 Marshawn Kneeland DE Western Michigan
373 Cooper Beebe G Kansas State
87 Marist Liufau LB Notre Dame
4124Traded to the San Francisco 49ers [upper-alpha 1]
5159Traded to the Kansas City Chiefs [upper-alpha 2]
174 Caelen Carson CB Wake Forest
6216 Ryan Flournoy WR Southeast Missouri State
7233 Nathan Thomas OT Louisiana
244 Justin Rogers DT Auburn

Notes

  1. ↑ Dallas traded a fourth-round selection to San Francisco in exchange for quarterback Trey Lance. [3]
  2. ↑ Dallas traded a fifth-round selection (159th) to Kansas City in exchange for the Chiefs' 2023 sixth-round selection (No. 178). [4]
2024 Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agents
NamePositionCollegeRef.
Corey Crooms WR Minnesota [5] [6]
Denzel Daxon DT Illinois
Josh DeBerry CB Texas A&M
Alec Holler TE UCF
Cam JohnsonWR Northwestern
Emany Johnson S Nevada
Jason Johnson LB UCF
Brock MogensenLB South Dakota
Nathaniel Peat RB Missouri
Brevyn Spann-Ford TEMinnesota
Byron Vaughns DE Baylor
Julius WoodS East Carolina

Staff

Dallas Cowboys staff
Front office
  • Owner/president/general manager – Jerry Jones
  • COO/executive vice president/director of player personnel – Stephen Jones
  • Senior director of football operations/football administration – Todd Williams
  • Executive vice president/chief brand officer – Charlotte Jones Anderson
  • Executive vice president/chief of sales – Jerry Jones Jr.
  • Director of salary cap & player contracts – Adam Prasifka
  • Vice president player personnel – Will McClay
  • Director of football administration and technology – Jason McKay
Scouting department
  • Director of college scouting – Mitch LaPointe
  • Director of pro scouting – Alex Loomis
  • Advance scouting coordinator – Keith O'Quinn
  • Assistant director of college scouting – Chris Vaughn
  • College scouting coordinator – Chris Hall
  • Scouting video coordinator – Rich Behm
Head coaches
Offensive coaches
  • Offensive coordinator – Brian Schottenheimer
  • Quarterbacks – Scott Tolzien
  • Run game coordinator/running backs – Jeff Blasko
  • Pass game coordinator/wide receivers – Robert Prince
  • Tight ends – Lunda Wells
  • Offensive line – Mike Solari
  • Assistant offensive line/quality control – Ramon Chinyoung
  • Pass game specialist – Chase Haslett
  • Game management/offensive assistant – Ryan Feder
  • Offensive assistant/minority fellowship – Evan Harrington
  • Coaching operations manager/football analytics – Justin Rudd
  • Offensive assistant/quality control – Steve Shimko
 
Defensive coaches
Special teams coaches
  • Special teams coordinator – John Fassel
  • Assistant special teams – Rayna Stewart
  • Quality control/head coach assistant – Eric Simonelli
Strength and conditioning
  • Strength and conditioning – Harold Nash
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Kendall Smith
  • Assistant strength and conditioning – Cedric Smith

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Current roster

Dallas Cowboys roster
Quarterbacks

Running backs

Wide receivers

Tight ends

Offensive linemen

Defensive linemen

Linebackers

Defensive backs

Special teams


Rookies in italics

Roster updated May 8, 2024

85 active, 1 unsigned

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Preseason

WeekDateTime (CDT)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVRecap
1August 113:25 p.m.at Los Angeles Rams SoFi Stadium KTVT
2August 179:00 p.m.at Las Vegas Raiders Allegiant Stadium KTVT
3August 243:00 p.m. Los Angeles Chargers AT&T Stadium KTVT

Regular season

Schedule

WeekDateTime (CT)OpponentResultRecordVenueTVRecap
1September 83:25 p.m.at Cleveland Browns Cleveland Browns Stadium Fox
2September 1512:00 p.m. New Orleans Saints AT&T Stadium Fox
3September 223:25 p.m Baltimore Ravens AT&T StadiumFox
4September 267:15 p.m.at New York Giants MetLife Stadium Prime Video
5October 67:20 p.m.at Pittsburgh Steelers Acrisure Stadium NBC
6October 133:25 p.m. Detroit Lions AT&T StadiumFox
7 Bye
8October 277:20 p.m.at San Francisco 49ers Levi's Stadium NBC
9November 312:00 p.m.at Atlanta Falcons Mercedes-Benz Stadium Fox
10November 103:25 p.m. Philadelphia Eagles AT&T Stadium CBS
11November 187:15 p.m. Houston Texans AT&T Stadium ESPN
12November 2412:00 p.m.at Washington Commanders Commanders Field Fox
13 November 28 3:30 p.m. New York Giants AT&T StadiumFox
14December 97:15 p.m. Cincinnati Bengals AT&T StadiumESPN/ABC
15December 1512:00 p.m.at Carolina Panthers Bank of America Stadium Fox
16December 227:20 p.m. Tampa Bay Buccaneers AT&T StadiumNBC
17December 293:25 p.m.at Philadelphia Eagles Lincoln Financial Field Fox
18January 4/5TBD Washington Commanders AT&T StadiumTBD

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