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(Editor’s Note: The staff of DallasCowboys.com is currently previewing the depth chart at each position on the Cowboys’ roster. The biggest remaining variable in determining that depth chart is the NFL draft, which begins April 30. This series will identify five potential draft picks who could affect the depth chart at each position. Today, we continue with linebacker.)
IRVING, Texas – Injuries made linebacker a revolving door for the Cowboys last year, beginning with Sean Lee’s torn ACL all the way back in OTA’s. Now Lee’s back to play the weak side, middle linebacker Rolando McClain returns on a one-year deal, and newly-signed Jasper Brinkley and Keith Rivers will try to ease the free-agent losses of Justin Durant and Bruce Carter. 2014 fourth-round pick Anthony Hitchens has been a pleasant surprise, too.
Still, given the position’s past durability issues, the Cowboys could look for an impact linebacker anywhere in the draft, even as high as opening night.
Here’s a look at five players projected to go in the early, middle and late rounds:
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IRVING, Texas – Injuries made linebacker a revolving door for the Cowboys last year, beginning with Sean Lee’s torn ACL all the way back in OTA’s. Now Lee’s back to play the weak side, middle linebacker Rolando McClain returns on a one-year deal, and newly-signed Jasper Brinkley and Keith Rivers will try to ease the free-agent losses of Justin Durant and Bruce Carter. 2014 fourth-round pick Anthony Hitchens has been a pleasant surprise, too.
Still, given the position’s past durability issues, the Cowboys could look for an impact linebacker anywhere in the draft, even as high as opening night.
Here’s a look at five players projected to go in the early, middle and late rounds:
- Eric Kendricks, UCLA – The Butkus Award winner as college football’s best linebacker, Kendricks is the type of instinctive, sideline-to-sideline prospect who would fit well in Rod Marinelli’s scheme. At 6-0 and 230 pounds he doesn’t have great size for the NFL, but he compensates well as a physical tackler with outstanding instincts. Kendricks could fall to the Cowboys at No. 27, and he’d be a solid choice as a middle or outside linebacker with three-down potential due to his coverage ability.
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