No. 35 – Dallas Cowboys | |
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Position: | Linebacker |
Personal information | |
Born: | Tyler, Texas, U.S. | August 13, 2000
Height: | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) |
Weight: | 230 lb (104 kg) |
Career information | |
High school: | Arp (Arp, Texas) |
College: | Texas (2018–2022) |
NFL Draft: | 2023 / Round: 3 / Pick: 90 |
Career history | |
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Roster status: | Active |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Career NFL statistics as of 2023 | |
Player stats at NFL.com · PFR |
DeMarvion Germanic Lee Overshown [1] (born August 13, 2000) is an American football linebacker for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Texas.
Overshown attended Arp High School in Arp, Texas. [2] As a freshman, he was promoted to the varsity team for the Class 3A district playoffs, where he played outside linebacker and defensive end. [3]
As a sophomore, he was switched to free safety and received All-East Texas Newcomer of the Year honors. [3]
As a junior, he was named All-East Texas Defensive Player of the Year and first-team All-district, while helping his team reach the state semifinals.
As a senior, he had 142 tackles (14 for loss), 5 sacks, 5 interceptions, 13 pass breakups, 4 forced fumbles and 2 fumble recoveries. He received Defensive MVP of District 9-3A II, first-team All-district, first-team All-State by the Associated Press, first-team All-State by the Texas Sports Writers Association and first-team All-USA Texas by USA Today honors.
In December 2017, he committed to the University of Texas at Austin to play college football. [4] [5] In January 2018, he played in the Under Armour All-America Game. [6] [7]
Overshown accepted a football scholarship from the University of Texas. He played as a backup safety during his first two years, appearing in 17 games, while registering 19 tackles, 2 sacks and one interception.
As a sophomore in 2019, he missed four games due to a back injury, that he suffered in the seventh game against the University of Kansas.
Prior to his junior season in 2020, he switched to weakside linebacker. [8] He started all 10 games, recording 60 tackles, one sack and two interceptions. [9] He was named the Defensive MVP of the 2020 Alamo Bowl, after making 6 tackles (0.5 for loss), one interception, 2 quarterback hurries and one fumble recovery.
Overshown returned to Texas for his senior year, rather than enter the 2021 NFL Draft. [10] He started 10 games (missed one contest with a toe injury), while recording 74 tackles (led the team), 5.5 tackles for loss, 2 sacks, 2 fumble recoveries, 2 pass breakups and one blocked kick. He had 9 tackles (0.5 tackles for loss) against Texas Tech University. He made 10 tackles with a career-high eight solo stops and one fumble recovery against Texas Christian University.
As a super senior in 2022, he appeared in 12 games (11 starts), posting career-highs with 96 tackles (10 for loss), 4 sacks and five pass breakups. He received first-team All-Big 12 honors. He had 9 tackles (1.5 for loss) against Kansas State University. He made 11 tackles (half a tackle for loss) and half a sack against Texas Christian University. He had 14 tackles (2 for loss), one sack and 2 pass breakups against Baylor University. [3]
Season | GP | Tackles | Interceptions | Fumbles | |||||||||||
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Solo | Ast | Cmb | TfL | Sck | Int | Yds | Avg | TD | PD | FR | Yds | TD | FF | ||
2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2019 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2020 | 10 | 32 | 28 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
2021 | 11 | 38 | 36 | 74 | 5.5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2022 | 12 | 49 | 47 | 96 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Career | 39 | 136 | 113 | 249 | 30.5 | 9 | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Height | Weight | Arm length | Hand span | 40-yard dash | 10-yard split | 20-yard split | 20-yard shuttle | Three-cone drill | Vertical jump | Broad jump | Bench press | |
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6 ft 2+5⁄8 in (1.90 m) | 229 lb (104 kg) | 32+1⁄4 in (0.82 m) | 9+1⁄2 in (0.24 m) | 4.56 s | 1.59 s | 2.62 s | 4.47 s | 7.17 s | 36.5 in (0.93 m) | 10 ft 6 in (3.20 m) | 15 reps | |
Sources: [11] [12] |
Overshown was selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the third round (90th overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft. [13] During the second preseason game against the Seattle Seahawks, Overshown was carted off the field after sustaining an injury. It was revealed after the game he had a torn ACL, ending his season. [14]
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