{"id":850858,"date":"2026-04-03T06:08:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:08:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850858\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T06:08:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T06:08:20","slug":"cowboys-host-local-draft-talent-for-dallas-day-in-frisco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/850858\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys host local draft talent for \u2018Dallas Day\u2019 in Frisco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys hosted their annual local visit day, also known as \u201cDallas Day\u201d, in which they are allowed to host draft prospects that either graduated from high school in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex or finished their college playing days at a local university such as TCU, SMU or North Texas. They are taken through a workout in the Ford Center at The Star and meet with various coaches and team personnel.<\/p>\n<p>All 32 NFL teams are permitted to bring in local prospects, and the Cowboys typically benefit more than most by the talent-rich pool that DFW provides. Other teams that see big benefits are the Atlanta Falcons, Los Angeles Rams and Chargers, Miami Dolphins and Chicago Bears.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from the local day candidates, the Cowboys are allowed to bring in 30 draft prospects for facility visits that are not from the area.<\/p>\n<p>Here are some of the notable Dallas Day candidates this draft cycle:<\/p>\n<p>Note: These are not confirmed visitors, rather local prospects that the Cowboys have to pick from.<\/p>\n<p>Expected in Rounds 1-3Arizona State CB Keith Abney II (Waxahachie)TCU S Bud ClarkTexas LB Anthony Hill Jr. (Denton Ryan)Texas CB Malik Muhammad (South Oak Cliff)LSU QB Garrett Nussmeier (Flower Mound Marcus)Vanderbilt TE Eli Stowers (Denton Guyer)Arizona State WR Jordyn Tyson (Allen)Expected in Rounds 4-7Miami C James Brockermeyer (Fort Worth All Saints)Texas OG D.J. Campbell (Arlington Bowie)Stephen F. Austin CB Charles Demmings (Mesquite Horn)TCU LB Kaleb Elarms-OrrArkansas QB Taylen Green (Lewisville)SMU WR Jordan HudsonTCU WR Eric McAlisterSMU S Isaiah NwokobiaTCU LB Namdi ObiazorFlorida WR J. Michael Sturdivant (Flower Mound Marcus)Expected UndraftedSouth Dakota State OT Nate Adams (Flower Mound)Rice DE Tony Anyanwu (Sachse)Rice LB Andrew Awe (Mansfield Lake Ridge)Wyoming OT Caden Barnett (Justin Northwest)TCU RB Trent BattleUTSA LB Kendrick Blackshire (Duncanville)North Texas OG Gabe BlairBaylor S Devyn Bobby (DeSoto)Texas A&amp;M K Randy Bond (Plano West)Kansas State WR Jerand Bradley (DeSoto)SMU WR Romello BrinsonTCU OL Carson BrunoNebraska S Marques Buford (Cedar Hill Trinity Christian)SMU OT Savion ByrdMissouri State OT Erick Cade (Denton Braswell)TCU CB Channing CanadaBoise State WR Latrell Caples (Lancaster)Ole Miss LB Tahj Chambers (Arlington Grace Prep)Illinois State TE Javon Charles (DeSoto)Missouri State QB Jacob Clark (Rockwall)SMU RB Shaadie Clayton-JohnsonArizona State LB Jordan Crook (Duncanville)TCU DE Devean DealTCU OL Coltin DeeryArizona State LB Prince Dorbah (Highland Park)North Texas WR Cameron DornerKansas DT Tommy Dunn Jr. (Garland Naaman Forest)UNLV WR JoJo Earle (Aledo)SMU TE Stone EbyNorth Texas CB David FisherUCLA OT Courtland Ford (Cedar Hill)Auburn TE Brandon Frazier (McKinney North)Kansas CB DJ Graham II (Keller Central)Stephen F. Austin WR Blaine Green (Allen)SMU RB T.J. HardenSMU CB Deuce HarmonArizona State TE Cameron Harpole (Prosper)Arizona LB Max Harris (Mansfield Legacy)UAB WR Brandon Hawkins Jr. (Waxahachie)Baylor WR Ashtyn Hawkins (DeSoto)Southern Miss TE Kyirin Heath (Mansfield Legacy)SMU Matthew HibnerTulsa WR Xavier Green (The Colony)Colorado S Preston Hodge (Waxahachie)Marist TE Connor Hulstein (Frisco Liberty)Texas OL Cole Hutson (Frisco)Houston WR Stephon Johnson (DeSoto)North Texas S Will Jones IITCU WR Joseph Manjack IVSMU TE RJ Maryland Jr.SMU DT Jeffrey M\u2019baKentucky RB Seth McGowan (Mesquite Poteet)TCU CB Jevon McIver Jr.North Texas OL Larry Moore IIISMU S Ahmaad MosesNorth Texas OT Jimto ObidegwuUT-Permian Basin WR Ben PattersonSMU DE Cameron RobertsonTCU TE DJ RogersColorado State S Jahari Rogers (Arlington)Colorado QB Kaidon Salter (Cedar Hill)TCU QB Ken SealsArkansas WR Raylen Sharpe (Allen)SMU DE Isaiah SmithSMU DT Keveion\u2019ta SpearsNorthwestern QB Preston StoneNorth Texas OT Tay Yanta<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/292227800\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775196500_401_Nick Harris.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Nick Harris\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.star-telegram.com\/profile\/292227800\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nick Harris<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n<p>            Nick Harris is the Dallas Cowboys beat reporter for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. He has experience working on the beat for DallasCowboys.com and previous work experience at Yahoo Sports\/Rivals and 247Sports.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"On Thursday, the Dallas Cowboys hosted their annual local visit day, also known as \u201cDallas Day\u201d, in which&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":850859,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,7,6],"class_list":{"0":"post-850858","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-football","13":"tag-nfl"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116339285739583153","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850858","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=850858"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/850858\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/850859"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=850858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=850858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=850858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}