{"id":110596,"date":"2025-06-07T07:01:12","date_gmt":"2025-06-07T07:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/110596\/"},"modified":"2025-06-07T07:01:12","modified_gmt":"2025-06-07T07:01:12","slug":"cowboys-demarvion-overshown-ahead-of-schedule-in-recovery-sam-williams-returns-to-practice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/110596\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys’ DeMarvion Overshown Ahead Of Schedule In Recovery; Sam Williams Returns To Practice"},"content":{"rendered":"

DeMarvion Overshown<\/a>\u00a0missed his entire rookie season due to an ACL tear. He managed to return to the Cowboys\u2019 lineup in time for the start of last season, handling a starting role when on the field. \"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A productive campaign came to a premature end in December, however. The former third-round linebacker suffered another ACL tear<\/a> with the same damage also being done to his MCL and PCL. As a result, Overshown is once again in the midst of a lengthy recovery process. Encouragingly, he is ahead of schedule at this point.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really couldn\u2019t be any better,\u201d\u00a0Overshown said when speaking about his health status (via Jon Machota of The Athletic<\/a>).\u00a0\u201cWhere I\u2019m at in my rehab and my process is where I\u2019m supposed to be plus some\u2026 There\u2019s no need to rush the process. I\u2019m gonna come back when I\u2019m 100 percent. When I\u2019m ready, when I know I can touch the field and not look down and worry about my knee.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old posted 90 tackles, five sacks and four pass deflections last season. A return to that level of production would be welcomed on a Cowboys defense in need of improvement in 2025. A firm timeline is not in place for a return to action, and it would come as no surprise if Overshown began the campaign on the PUP list<\/a>. November was mentioned last month as a possible point at which he could suit up, but since the Texas product is ahead of schedule he may manage to do so slightly earlier.<\/p>\n

In other Cowboys injury news,\u00a0Sam Williams<\/a>\u00a0has recently reached a key milestone in his own rehab process stemming from a major knee injury. The former second-round defensive end missed all of last season after tearing his ACL<\/a> and suffering a partial MCL tear during training camp. The 26-year-old recently took part in individual drills for the first time this offseason, though, as noted by the Dallas Morning News\u2019 Calvin Watkins<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That news comes as little surprise, since owner\u00a0Jerry Jones said one month ago Williams had nearly healed in full<\/a>. Still, having the latter back in the fold will be key for a pass rush group which lost\u00a0DeMarcus Lawrence<\/a>\u00a0in free agency. Williams has yet to start a game in the NFL, but he could be in line for a spike in usage as a complement to\u00a0Micah Parsons<\/a>\u00a0along the edge. A strong showing would be key since Williams is a pending 2026 free agent.<\/p>\n

Dallas ranked 31st in the NFL in points allowed last season. Better health from the likes of Overshown and Williams will help the team\u2019s efforts to improve in that respect, and both should be available for at least most of the coming campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DeMarvion Overshown\u00a0missed his entire rookie season due to an ACL tear. He managed to return to the Cowboys\u2019…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":110597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,9117,7,6,22684],"class_list":{"0":"post-110596","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallascowboys","12":"tag-demarvion-overshown","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sam-williams"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114640800041394714","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110596","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=110596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/110596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/110597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=110596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=110596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=110596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}