News: Golston Wants To Be a "Swiss Army Knife"

[morasp]

We took Chauncey Golston wtih the third round pick we added by trading back in the first round. He seems grounded with his head on straight in this interview. Sometimes a player comes in and just listening to him you think he could be a productive starter for the the Cowboys, Sean Lee and Darren Woodson come to mind. Golston was highly productive at Iowa and I'm really rooting for him.

Golston, who showed positional flexibility along the defensive line in college, got on the practice field at The Star for the first time along with the other rookies for minicamp on Friday. After practice, he told the media where the coaching staff has initial plans of playing him.

"I'll be focusing on [defensive] end right now," Golston said. "That's all we've gotten to so far. But overall just trying to get better at learning the defense and being a better first-step player."


Golston Wants To Be a "Swiss Army Knife" (dallascowboys.com)

 

[cowboyec]

one of my favorite picks from our draft.
helluva player.
in the iowa games i watched...he was almost always in the backfield...harassing the qb.
good vs the run too.
glad we got hin.

 

[Chocolate Lab]

We took Chauncey Golston wtih the third round pick we added by trading back in the first round. He seems grounded with his head on straight in this interview. Sometimes a player comes in and just listening to him you think he could be a productive starter for the the Cowboys, Sean Lee and Darren Woodson come to mind. Golston was highly productive at Iowa and I'm really rooting for him.

Totally agree. I liked his interviews better than anyone else's. Seems like an extremely solid guy.

 

[speedkilz88]

I am not saying he's going to be Michael Bennett, but I think it's clear that is the type of player and position that they are trying to get here.


Chauncey Golston
Pro Day
6046 269
Arms 34 3/4 Hands 10 7/8
40 4.83
20 2.83
10 1.63
vj 36"

https://draftscout.com/dsprofile.php?PlayerId=1017636&DraftYear=2021

Michael Bennett
Pro Day
6035 274
Arms 33 1/2 Hands 9 3/4
40 4.86
20 2.76
10 1.62
vj 36.5"

https://nflcombineresults.com/playerpage.php?i=8132

 

[hendog86]

He does a great job of using his length to keep blockers off him.

 

[CowboyRoy]

one of my favorite picks from our draft.
helluva player.
in the iowa games i watched...he was almost always in the backfield...harassing the qb.
good vs the run too.
glad we got hin.

Didnt like the pick. Better players on the board. Great at nothing. Solid is maybe a good word for him. Ceiling is probably a rotational backup. I was never big on Crawford, but he did have value with his flexibility.

Definitely not a "helluva player".

 

[CowboyRoy]

Totally agree. I liked his interviews better than anyone else's. Seems like an extremely solid guy.

Sean Lee was the leader of our defense/great linebacker and Woodson is a borderline HOF player. Golston is a rotational backup at best. I do like his attitude and leadership abilities.

 

[cowboyec]

Didnt like the pick. Better players on the board. Great at nothing. Solid is maybe a good word for him. Ceiling is probably a rotational backup. I was never big on Crawford, but he did have value with his flexibility.

Definitely not a "helluva player".

to you.
in my opinion...he is.

 

[Zekeats]

Great another Tyron Crawford. Jack of all trades master of none.

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

to you.
in my opinion...he is.

He's admitted to never seeing him play and just judges his draft position based on what bloggers said...so if you've seen him actually play then i'd take your opinion over his on the matter.

 

[morasp]

I did a comparison of Golston and Bennett's college stats a while ago

Bennett 47 games played
TFL 19.5
Sack 6.5
FF 3
FR 0
Tackle 112
Tackle solo 51
Int 1

Golston 36 games played
TFL 27
Sack 12
FF 1
FR 3
Tackle 129
Tackle solo 71
Int 3

 

[cowboyec]

love iowa players.
tough.
well coached.

 

[nobody]

Great another Tyron Crawford. Jack of all trades master of none.

Unless the coaches force him to specialize in one position regardless of him wanting to position flex.

 

[fivetwos]

I always wanted to be from Switzerland myself.

Not sure about the armed forces but ok.

ABBA is from there yes?

 

[Teague31]

The clapper will forever make “position flex” a negative

 

[nobody]

I always wanted to be from Switzerland myself.

Not sure about the armed forces but ok.

ABBA is from there yes?

ABBA is from Sweden.

 

[CowboyRoy]

to you.
in my opinion...he is.

Is there any draft pick you didnt like?

 

[cowboyec]

Is there any draft pick you didnt like?

unfamiliar with the 2 o-linemen.
wouldn't have taken wright at that spot.
so...theres 3.

 

[CowboyRoy]

unfamiliar with the 2 o-linemen.
wouldn't have taken wright at that spot.
so...theres 3.

Im at 3. All the 3rd round picks.

 

[Bullflop]

At 269, he seems more of a DE than a DT. It'll be interesting to see if he's better at the DE spot than what Crawford was.