When's the last time Dallas cut a draft pick outright?

JD_KaPow · May 1, 2022

I get that it's easier to keep them now with the larger practice squads, but I was trying to think of draft picks we've cut and I've been coming up empty.

All 11 guys from last year's draft are still on the team.
Everyone from the 2020 draft actually played snaps for the Cowboys. (Two are now gone.)

Ah, I think I found him. Jordan Carrell, 7th-round DT in 2017, was the last draftee who was cut outright (not put on IR or the practice squad).

The last guy who was picked before the 7th round? I don't know; I got tired of looking.

So I guess we'll be seeing all these guys for a while.

Creeper · May 2, 2022

Did they cut Bradley Anae from the practice squad or was he sign off the PS by the Jets? I know the Cowboys cut him and signed him to the practice squad. Does that count? Anae was drafted in the 5th round in 2020.

JD_KaPow · May 2, 2022

Creeper said:
Did they cut Bradley Anae from the practice squad or was he sign off the PS by the Jets? I know the Cowboys cut him and signed him to the practice squad. Does that count? Anae was drafted in the 5th round in 2020.

Anae played for Dallas for two seasons before the Jets signed him off the practice squad. I'm thinking about guys who never made it out of their first training camp.

fivetwos · May 2, 2022

There isn't many.

Not sure if they kept both Jacksons from round 5 in 2019 initially. I think the DB was cut after camp but I could be wrong.

Maybe Ryan Russell from 2015. 5th round.

This could cut two ways though.....it suits the 'draft well narrative, but maybe part of that is our roster isn't exceptionally tough to make.

Generally I'd say most teams give their high picks the benefit of the doubt in year one.

fivetwos · May 2, 2022

fivetwos said:
There isn't many.

Not sure if they kept both Jacksons from round 5 in 2019 initially. I think the DB was cut after camp but I could be wrong.

Maybe Ryan Russell from 2015. 5th round.

This could cut two ways though.....it suits the 'draft well narrative, but maybe part of that is our roster isn't exceptionally tough to make.

Generally I'd say most teams give their high picks the benefit of the doubt in year one.

Looks like 6th rounder Marquez White in 2017 and 5th rounder Danny Coale in 2012 didn't make the team. Not sure if they went to IR or PS.

john van brocklin · May 2, 2022

Wait for it:
WE LIKE OUR GUYS!!!!!
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Teague31 · May 2, 2022

Michael Jackson?

DanA · May 2, 2022

I'm pretty sure we did a double with Marinelli two linemen that he was fist-pumping about getting late in the draft around 2018. Forget their names

VaqueroTD · May 2, 2022

I think about this sometimes too. It does feel like we used to let go of draft picks much more in previous years. I don’t know if that’s because the PS becoming such a mainstay now, better drafting/scouting/facilities, or just the reality of parity and teams having to depend on the draft for depth no matter what now - but yes, for at least our team, much different reality than it used to be. I think about it because one of those things that made Jimmy so great was he was known as someone who would cut anyone not a superstar if you screwed up. Feels like everyone is guaranteed something now.

Bobhaze · May 2, 2022

JD_KaPow said:
I get that it's easier to keep them now with the larger practice squads, but I was trying to think of draft picks we've cut and I've been coming up empty.

All 11 guys from last year's draft are still on the team.
Everyone from the 2020 draft actually played snaps for the Cowboys. (Two are now gone.)

Ah, I think I found him. Jordan Carrell, 7th-round DT in 2017, was the last draftee who was cut outright (not put on IR or the practice squad).

The last guy who was picked before the 7th round? I don't know; I got tired of looking.

So I guess we'll be seeing all these guys for a while.

It has not happened as often as it’s used to. Here are some fairly recent draft picks that never played a single down of regular season NFL football we eventually had to cut- all are no longer in the league.

2017- 6th round CB Marquez White, 7th round DT Jordan Carrell
2015- 7th round T Lawrence Gibson
2014- 7th round LB Will Smith, and 7th Round DE Ben Gardner
2012- 4th round S Matt Johnson, 5th round WR Danny Coale
2009- almost the entire draft was out of the league in two years. Worst draft in team history.

Since Will McClay became a major voice in the draft, this hasn’t happened as often.

Vanilla2 · May 2, 2022

I guess question to op would be

who do hope or you want them to cut this year?

OmerV · May 2, 2022

JD_KaPow said:
I get that it's easier to keep them now with the larger practice squads, but I was trying to think of draft picks we've cut and I've been coming up empty.

All 11 guys from last year's draft are still on the team.
Everyone from the 2020 draft actually played snaps for the Cowboys. (Two are now gone.)

Ah, I think I found him. Jordan Carrell, 7th-round DT in 2017, was the last draftee who was cut outright (not put on IR or the practice squad).

The last guy who was picked before the 7th round? I don't know; I got tired of looking.

So I guess we'll be seeing all these guys for a while.

I assume you're talking about cutting guys in the year they got drafted? If so, they cut Mike Weber in 2019.

In any case, it doesn't strike me as unusual for that to be rare. Team's know even top draft picks have room to develop and improve once they get to the NFL, and lower draft picks may have even more room for growth, even if the ceiling isn't as high. It seems natural for any team to want to give a rookie a year or two of development before deciding their fate.

JD_KaPow · May 2, 2022

Vanilla2 said:
I guess question to op would be

who do hope or you want them to cut this year?

Obviously I want all these guys to make it and be HOFers, just as I do every year.

MountaineerCowboy · May 2, 2022

If you are drafted by the Dallas Cowboys you're set.

JD_KaPow · May 2, 2022

OmerV said:
I assume you're talking about cutting guys in the year they got drafted? If so, they cut Mike Weber in 2019.

In any case, it doesn't strike me as unusual for that to be rare. Team's know even top draft picks have room to develop and improve once they get to the NFL, and lower draft picks may have even more room for growth, even if the ceiling isn't as high. It seems natural for any team to want to give a rookie a year or two of development before deciding their fate.

Weber was on the practice squad for the whole season. Pretty sure nobody mentioned in this thread so far was just cut loose their first year.

Yeah, I don’t know how unusual it is, I just realized I had this impression that was incorrect, that a decent percentage of late-rounders just wash out in TC every year.

Diehardblues · May 2, 2022

Bobhaze said:
It has not happened as often as it’s used to. Here are some fairly recent draft picks that never played a single down of regular season NFL football we eventually had to cut- all are no longer in the league.

2017- 6th round CB Marquez White, 7th round DT Jordan Carrell

2015- 7th round T Lawrence Gibson

2014- 7th round LB Will Smith, and 7th Round DE Ben Gardner

2012- 4th round S Matt Johnson, 5th round WR Danny Coale

2009- almost the entire draft was out of the league in two years. Worst draft in team history.

Since Will McClay became a major voice in the draft, this hasn’t happened as often.

Yea, the Cap has changed how we manage these lower round picks. Many of them used to be cut. But now we rarely keep any past Rookie contracts so we are constantly churning our bench which is made up mostly of lower round picks and Undrafted FA as their Rookie contracts are cheaper than any veterans we might have wanted to retain mostly as backups and special teams .

OmerV · May 2, 2022

JD_KaPow said:
Weber was on the practice squad for the whole season. Pretty sure nobody mentioned in this thread so far was just cut loose their first year.

Yeah, I don’t know how unusual it is, I just realized I had this impression that was incorrect, that a decent percentage of late-rounders just wash out in TC every year.

Was he? My mistake.

fansince68 · May 2, 2022

Bobhaze said:
It has not happened as often as it’s used to. Here are some fairly recent draft picks that never played a single down of regular season NFL football we eventually had to cut- all are no longer in the league.

2017- 6th round CB Marquez White, 7th round DT Jordan Carrell

2015- 7th round T Lawrence Gibson

2014- 7th round LB Will Smith, and 7th Round DE Ben Gardner

2012- 4th round S Matt Johnson, 5th round WR Danny Coale

2009- almost the entire draft was out of the league in two years. Worst draft in team history.

Since Will McClay became a major voice in the draft, this hasn’t happened as often.

Good ole Matt Johnson.....wow. We waited a long time for that seed to sprout. Turned out to be a weed.

Parcells4Life · May 2, 2022

fivetwos said:
There isn't many.

Not sure if they kept both Jacksons from round 5 in 2019 initially. I think the DB was cut after camp but I could be wrong.

Maybe Ryan Russell from 2015. 5th round.

This could cut two ways though.....it suits the 'draft well narrative, but maybe part of that is our roster isn't exceptionally tough to make.

Generally I'd say most teams give their high picks the benefit of the doubt in year one.

Bo Scarborough didn’t make the team

fivetwos · May 2, 2022

Parcells4Life said:
Bo Scarborough didn’t make the team

The OP excluded 7th round picks.

There's plenty of those who got cut out of camp.

When's the last time Dallas cut a draft pick outright?

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