Early in his career, Brandin Cooks spent time with Steve Smith Sr. for weeks at a time in the offseason to catch wisdom both on and off the field.
Heading into year 11, Cooks is paying those same efforts forward with third-year WR Jalen Tolbert.
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Texas has the best recruits, the best games, and the biggest fan base for high school football. Texas is also not overtaken by private institutions that create “all-star teams” out of public school athletes.
So by default, TEXAS HAS THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL❗️
A teary-eyed Will Grier bid his farewell to Dallas in spectacular fashion on Saturday night, as he cemented a legendary preseason performance with 358 total yards and 4 total touchdowns in a 31-16 win.
His emotion was on full display after the game.
(Video via
@dallascowboys
)
Cowboys DE DeMarcus Lawrence on the key to the defense’s success tonight;
“You hit a motherf—— in the face over and over and over and over again until they quit. And when they quit, hit them again and again and again.”
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Cowboys CB Jourdan Lewis confirmed that the defense was accounting for Dan Skipper (70) on the two-point play. He said they had worked all week on players reporting eligible/ineligible.
If Taylor Decker (68) had been reported, they would have accounted for him.
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Florida State WR Keon Coleman has had a formal meeting with the Dallas Cowboys the NFL Combine.
He said it’d be a “dream come true” to play with his cousin, CeeDee Lamb.
Cowboys S Jayron Kearse on his playoff hope:
"We got 4 and 88. That's enough hope for me. That's the best quarterback-receiver duo in the league."
#DallasCowboys
ROCKWALL PULLS IT OFF!!!😱😱
For the first time since 2011, the Allen Eagles will not make it to the state semifinals.
ROCKWALL WINS 60-59🔥🔥🔥
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BREAKING: Denton (Texas) Guyer 5 ⭐️ S Peyton Bowen has signed with Oklahoma.
A roller-coaster recruitment for the ages concludes with a major win for the Sooners.
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Stephon Gilmore and A.J. Brown were jawing at each other for most of the game tonight.
When asked about it, Gilmore said that Brown called him old on the first possession, and the rest was history.
“It lit a fire in me a little bit.”
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DeMarvion Overshown walking around normally a little more than a month after having surgery on a torn ACL. Should be good to go in time for training camp next season.
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🔮: Projecting that Denton (Texas) Guyer 5 ⭐️ S Peyton Bowen will flip from Oregon to Oklahoma.
An end **APPEARS** to be in sight today for this wild recruitment.
MORE info for
@SoonerScoop
&
@Rivals
:
BREAKING: North Texas is set to hire Justin Owens, also known as Coach O, as its new Director of Recruiting under first-year head coach Eric Morris.
MORE on Owens’ background and the fit at North Texas:
ICYMI: Following a return visit to Norman this past weekend, I’m projecting Denton (Texas) Guyer 4 ⭐️ S Peyton Bowen to flip from Notre Dame to Oklahoma.
That and more in the latest Nick at Nite:
During the COVID-19 pandemic, former Texas LB DeMarvion Overshown was making $9.75 an hour unloading grocery trucks at a Brookshires in East Texas.
Three years later, he’s a third-round pick with a $5.39 million contract.
MORE on Overshown’s journey:
BREAKING NFL Draft news: OG Donovan Jackson will return to Ohio State for the 2024-25 season, according to a source.
A native of Houston, Jackson was projected to be an early day two pick, but will return to school to raise his stock before the 2025 NFL Draft.
The Rangers partied tonight while the Astros wrapped up their postseason vacations and quickly turned their attention to next season. Houston’s “been-there, done-that” mentality paid off, it seems.
The Rangers partied last night while the Astros had a champagne toast and quickly turned their attention to Sunday and one more win. Houston's "been-there, done-that" mentality paid off, it seems.
There was one moment this year in the locker room when Trevon and Aaiden had come through…Aaiden was calling KaVontae Turpin slow and Turpin responded with “I run 4.2 man!” and Aaiden said “You run a 4.29”
Had everybody cracking up, little man stands on business every time 😂😂
Texas WR Adonai Mitchell has had a formal meeting with the Dallas Cowboys at the NFL Combine.
He was also caught off guard seeing his former teammate Paxton Anderson (Jerry Jones’ grandson) in the meeting room, and he said the conversation went great with the staff.
Starting defense for Mike Zimmer and the Dallas Cowboys, as of today:
DE: Micah Parsons
DT: Osa Odighizuwa
DT: Mazi Smith
DE: DeMarcus Lawrence
LB: Eric Kendricks
LB: Damone Clark
CB: Trevon Diggs
CB: DaRon Bland
NCB: Jourdan Lewis
S: Donovan Wilson
S: Malik Hooker
Cowboys S Juanyeh Thomas has announced that he is expecting his first child, a son named Juanyeh Ajah Thomas Jr., via Instagram.
Something is officially in the water at The Star.
#DallasCowboys
DEVELOPING: As of 4:00pm CT, Oregon has not yet received a letter of intent from Denton (Texas) Guyer 5 ⭐️ S Peyton Bowen, and a source says there are still conversations happening behind the scenes.
Buckle up.
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CeeDee Lamb on the offensive slump in Q2 & Q3:
“They weren't doing anything. I feel like if I’m gonna be involved, keep me involved. It was weird, that second and third quarter. Very weird ... Started off the game hot. I went absent. That’s why it was weird."
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📸: Katy (Texas) Paetow 5 ⭐️ DL David Hicks Jr. on his official visit to Oklahoma this past weekend.
MORE on his visit and other recruiting notes from the state of Texas:
Jayron Kearse puts all offenses, including his own, on notice after a couple of skirmishes in practice today.
“We’re not taking no shit from nobody. All 32 teams, we don’t take shit from nobody.”
#DallasCowboys
JUST IN: Oklahoma lands its highest-ranked defensive commitment in the 2023 class from Austin (Texas) Westlake 4 ⭐️ DE Colton Vasek.
“I didn’t think that I would commit on this trip, but once I got there I knew this was where I was supposed to be.”
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Zack Martin has tied the Dallas Cowboys franchise record with seven NFL AP All-Pro first-team nominations joining Bob Lilly and Randy White.
He is one of only 25 players in league history with seven first-team nods.
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Denton (Texas) Guyer 4 ⭐️ QB Jackson Arnold balled out on his 18th birthday tonight as he threw for 353 yards and accounted for five total touchdowns.
Arnold will be in Norman tomorrow to see Brent Venables’ and Jeff Lebby’s debut for Oklahoma.
BREAKING: Former Texas WR Brenen Thompson will transfer to Oklahoma, he tells
@Rivals
&
@RivalsPortal
.
“It feels like home. It’s somewhere I can strive to be great and be myself.”
MORE on the Sooners’ newest offensive speed weapon:
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My final thoughts from the plane ride home to Dallas:
The Good:
- Dallas proved they can contend in the NFC
- Dak is playing his best ball since ‘21
- Jalen Tolbert is showing weapon potential
- CeeDee Lamb is red-hot
- Philly is very beatable
- Run defense held up
DeMarcus Lawrence on questionable penalties in the loss:
“It’s a part of the game. When you come into hostile territory, you have everything working against you. My team stood up tonight. They fought well. We’ll learn from this one and get better.”
#DallasCowboys
Powerful testament from Peyton Bowen on the events that transpired yesterday:
“…all of it could have been handled better. I can’t change what I did but this experience is something I will learn from.”
Oklahoma gets its prized defensive recruit.
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Texas DT T’Vondre Sweat talking about weighing in tomorrow and how he thinks he’s gonna impress people with his 40-yard dash.
Easily one of the bigger characters we’ve gotten to talk to today 😂😂
Oklahoma’s newest commit Colton Vasek (
@ColtonVasek
) is THE definition of violent.
56 tackles including 16 for loss and 10 sacks in 2021. Recorded three sacks in the state championship and walked away with Defensive MVP honors.
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@Josh_Scoop
The
#DallasCowboys
haven’t been afraid to pull out the checkbook this summer:
- Trevon Diggs: 5-year, $97 million extension
- Terence Steele: 5-year, $86.8 million extension
- Zack Martin: 2-year, $36 million restructure
- Malik Hooker: 3-year, $24 million extension
Who’s next?
I understand journalism and the need to explore both sides on a story…
But giving an accusation that has not been proven to have any supporting legs a platform to speak uninterrupted is a smear campaign. It’s not journalism.
This is to be played out in court, not on the radio.
Jaxon Smith-Njigba: TXHSFB Legend
3rd in career receiving yards (5,400)
3rd in career receiving TD (65)
3rd in single-season receiving TD (35)
3rd in career receptions (293)
6th in single-season rec yds (2,161)
Farewell, 11.
JUST IN: The
#DallasCowboys
have agreed to terms with LB Damien Wilson, WR Racey McMath and RB SaRodorick Thompson for practice squad spots.
A deal with OT La’el Collins has yet to be finalized, but is expected to be in the next 24 hours.
With Johnathan Hankins expected to miss Sunday’s game against Buffalo, expect Mazi Smith and Neville Gallimore to get quite a bit of run.
Also expect practice squad 6-foot-5, 335-pound DT Carl Davis (98) to make his
#DallasCowboys
debut.
JUST IN: Frisco (Texas) Emerson 4 ⭐️ QB Michael Hawkins Jr. has committed to Oklahoma over TCU, Arkansas and others.
"Since Coach Venables has got there, the culture has changed a lot.”
MORE on Oklahoma’s newest highly touted signal-caller:
JUST IN: The Woodlands (Texas) 2024 4 ⭐️ QB Mabrey Mettauer has committed to Wisconsin, becoming the Badgers’ highest-ranked QB pledge since Graham Mertz.
"I feel like I'm that missing piece that can take Wisconsin to the next level."
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All eight draft picks made the roster for the
#DallasCowboys
.
- DT Mazi Smith
- TE Luke Schoonmaker
- LB DeMarvion Overshown (technically on IR, but would have made roster)
- DL Viliami Fehoko Jr.
- OL Asim Richards
- CB Eric Scott Jr.
- RB Deuce Vaughn
- WR Jalen Brooks
My MVP from day one at the Senior Bowl:
Oklahoma OT Tyler Guyton
Give me all the Guyton stock from here on out. In a talented tackle class that could see as many as nine first-rounders, he’s beginning to factor into the elites.
Rest In Peace Ty Jordan.
Absolutely devastating news. Prayers up to the Jordan family and his close ones.
Once a Texas commit, Jordan was named the AP Pac-12 Newcomer of the Year for Utah after rushing for 597 yards and 6 touchdowns in five games for the Utes.
September 2016: Dee Gordon hits a leadoff home run wearing the jersey of fallen teammate Jose Fernandez in first game since his death
July 2019: Los Angeles Angels throw a no-hitter in their first home game since the death of fallen teammate Tyler Skaggs
Baseball is beautiful.
BREAKING: Texas freshman EDGE Derrick Brown has requested to enter the transfer portal, sources tell
@Rivals
&
@RivalsPortal
.
Brown, who chose Texas among his 28 offers out of high school, did not see any action as a freshman in 2022.
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Markquese Bell looked about as natural as one could in the second level on Sunday night.
Identifying the run early and stuffing it, limiting pass gains on drags across the middle, and laying a hard hat on a couple of occasions.
What a night for the FAMU product.
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BREAKING: Confirmed that Galena Park North Shore 5 ⭐️ RB Zach Evans will not play today against Duncanville in the 6A Division I State Championship.
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JUST IN: Former Cowboys LB Leighton Vander Esch has medically retired.
“I love the game of football so much, and my body won’t cooperate any longer. I cherished every moment of my NFL career, and it has been such a blessing to play the game for as long as I have played.”
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Something from the locker room:
Spotted DeMarvion Overshown (
@AGENT0__
) rocking a Jake Ehlinger Texas jersey in honor of his late teammate.
And of course, his signature cowboy hat.