{"id":216200,"date":"2025-07-18T06:53:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/216200\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T06:53:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T06:53:13","slug":"cowboys-agree-to-terms-with-second-round-de-donovan-ezeiruaku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/216200\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys Agree To Terms With Second-Round DE Donovan Ezeiruaku"},"content":{"rendered":"

Another second-round pick has been signed. The Cowboys have agreed to terms with second-round defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku<\/a>, according to NFL Network\u2019s Mike Garafolo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>As second-round picks around the NFL have pushed for guaranteed deals, Ezeiruaku got part of the way there. Per Garafolo, the rookie got 38 percent of the fourth year of his rookie pact guaranteed. Based on recent deals, we can assume a large portion of the first three seasons of the player\u2019s contract were also guaranteed.<\/p>\n

Ezeiruaku is coming off a standout career at Boston College, although he took his play to another level in 2024. The pass rusher finished this past year with 80 tackles, 21 tackles for loss, and 16.5 sacks. That performance earned him a number of accolades, including the Ted Hendricks<\/a> Award, which is awarded annually to the nation\u2019s top defensive end.<\/p>\n

The pass rusher didn\u2019t have to wait too long to hear his name called, as the Cowboys used the 44th-overall pick on the edge rusher. The rookie will be joining a deep DEs grouping that\u2019s already led by Micah Parsons<\/a> and Dante Fowler<\/a>, although Ezeiruaku could eventually carve out playing time ahead of Sam Williams<\/a> and Marshawn Kneeland<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the signing, the Cowboys have now inked their entire draft class to rookie contracts:<\/p>\n

Round 1, No. 12:\u00a0Tyler Booker<\/a>\u00a0(G, Alabama) (signed<\/a>)
\nRound 2, No. 44:\u00a0Donovan Ezeiruaku<\/a>\u00a0(DE, Boston College)
\nRound 3, No. 76:\u00a0Shavon Revel<\/a>\u00a0(CB, East Carolina) (signed<\/a>)
\nRound 5, No. 149:\u00a0Jaydon Blue<\/a>\u00a0(RB, Texas) (signed<\/a>)
\nRound 5, No. 152 (from Cardinals):\u00a0Shemar James<\/a>\u00a0(LB, Florida) (signed<\/a>)
\nRound 6, No. 204 (from Lions through Browns and Bills):\u00a0Ajani Cornelius<\/a>\u00a0(G, Oregon) (signed<\/a>)
\nRound 7, No. 217 (from Titans through Patriots):\u00a0Jay Toia<\/a>\u00a0(DT, UCLA)\u00a0(signed<\/a>)
\nRound 7, No. 239 (from Packers through Titans):\u00a0Phil Mafah<\/a>\u00a0(RB, Clemson) (signed<\/a>)
\nRound 7, No. 247 (from Chiefs through Panthers):\u00a0Tommy Akingbesote<\/a>\u00a0(DT, Maryland) (signed<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another second-round pick has been signed. The Cowboys have agreed to terms with second-round defensive end Donovan Ezeiruaku,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":216201,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,285,7,6,3571],"class_list":{"0":"post-216200","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-donovan-ezeiruaku","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-transactions"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114872923338006415","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216200","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=216200"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/216200\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/216201"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=216200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=216200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=216200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}