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\"Fort<\/a>Mon, June 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM UTC\"\"<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys rookie outside linebacker Malachi Lawrence takes part in his first practice in the NFL during the team\u2019s rookie minicamp at The Star in Frisco.<\/p>\n

(Nick Harris)<\/p>\n

Dallas Cowboys first-round pick Malachi Lawrence has been turning heads at organized team activities and has received nothing but strong words from teammates.<\/p>\n

Lawrence, a defensive end from Central Florida, was the 23rd overall pick<\/a> in April’s draft.<\/p>\n

Lawrence signed a four-year, $20.22 million rookie deal with the Cowboys on Friday. All seven of the team’s 2026 draftees<\/a> have now signed their rookie contracts.<\/p>\n

“Lawrence has great technique,” Cowboys defensive tackle Kenny Clark said. “He’s strong at the point of attack. It’s early right now, so I don’t want to give too much, but he’s locked in. He’s invested into what we got going on. He’s explosive. We’ve seen that at the workouts and the last couple of days here, so excited to see how he keeps progressing.”<\/p>\n

Edge rusher Rashan Gary, whom the Cowboys acquired in a trade<\/a> this offseason, also praised Lawrence.<\/p>\n

He “locks in day in and day out. He takes notes like he doesn’t know anything about football,” Gary said. “Day three [of OTAs] he had his big practice of just putting things together as a pass rusher and his hands and just being consistent. He comes in with [his] hat down with a willing-to-work mentality, and that’s all you can ask from a young guy.”<\/p>\n

Lawrence was not available for an interview. He will continue to have the opportunity to prove himself under new defensive coordinator Christian Parker’s defense as the Cowboys continue OTAs this week.<\/p>\n

Rangers \u25b6<\/p>\n

June 1 Rangers 2, St. Louis 1<\/p>\n

June 2 Rangers 7, St. Louis 4<\/p>\n

June 3 St. Louis 5, Rangers 3<\/p>\n

June 5 Rangers 3, Cleveland 2<\/p>\n

June 6 Cleveland 6, Rangers 0<\/p>\n

June 7 Rangers 10, Cleveland 0<\/p>\n

June 9 at Kansas City, 6:40 p.m., RSN<\/p>\n

June 10 at Kansas City, 6:40 p.m., RSN<\/p>\n

June 11 at Kansas City, 1:10 p.m., RSN<\/p>\n

June 12 at Boston, 6:10 p.m., CW<\/p>\n

June 13 at Boston, 3:10 p.m., RSN<\/p>\n

June 14 at Boston, 6:20 p.m., NBC, Peacock<\/p>\n

Wings\u25b6<\/p>\n

May 22 Atlanta 86, Wings 69<\/p>\n

May 24 Wings 91, New York 76<\/p>\n

May 28 Wings 95, Las Vegas 87<\/p>\n

June 1 Wings 79, Seattle 56<\/p>\n

June 5 Wings 104, Los Angeles 96<\/p>\n

June 9 at Minnesota, 7 p.m., KFAA<\/p>\n

June 11 vs. Phoenix, 8 p.m., Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n

June 13 at Portland, 7:30 p.m., KFAA<\/p>\n

June 15 vs. Las Vegas, 7 p.m., KFAA, USA<\/p>\n

June 17 at Golden State, 9 p.m., KFAA<\/p>\n

TCU Football \u25b6<\/p>\n

Aug. 29 vs. North Carolina (at Dublin), 11 a.m., ESPN<\/p>\n

Sept. 12 vs. Grambling State, 7 p.m., ESPN+<\/p>\n

Sept. 19 vs. Arkansas State, 7 p.m., ESPNU<\/p>\n

Sept. 26 at Central Florida, TBA<\/p>\n

Oct. 24 vs. West Virginia, TBA<\/p>\n

Nov. 6 at Arizona, 9:15 p.m., ESPN<\/p>\n

Nov. 14 vs. Kansas State, TBA<\/p>\n

Nov. 26 at Texas Tech, 7 p.m., ESPN<\/p>\n

Cowboys \u25b6<\/p>\n

Sept. 13 at N.Y. Giants, 7:20 p.m., NBC<\/p>\n

Sept. 20 vs. Washington, 3:25 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Sept. 27 vs. Baltimore (at Rio de Janeiro), 3:25 p.m., CBS<\/p>\n

Oct. 4 at Houston, 12 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Oct. 8 vs. Tampa Bay, 7:15 p.m., Amazon Prime Video<\/p>\n

Oct. 18 at Green Bay, 7:20 p.m., NBC<\/p>\n

Oct. 26 at Philadelphia, 7:15 p.m., ESPN, ABC<\/p>\n

Nov. 1 vs. Arizona, 12 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Nov. 8 at Indianapolis, 12 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Nov. 15 vs. San Francisco, 3:25 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Nov. 22 vs. Tennessee, 12 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Nov. 26 vs. Philadelphia, 3:30 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Dec. 7 at Seattle, 7:15 p.m., ESPN, ABC<\/p>\n

Dec. 20 at L.A. Rams, 3:25 p.m., CBS<\/p>\n

Dec. 27 vs. Jacksonville, 7:20 p.m., NBC<\/p>\n

Jan. 3 vs. N.Y. Giants, 12 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

Jan. 9 or 10 at Washington, TBA<\/p>\n

World Cup \u25b6<\/p>\n

All local matches at AT&T Stadium<\/p>\n

June 14 Netherlands vs. Japan (Group F), 3 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

June 17 England vs. Croatia (Group L), 3 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

June 22 Argentina vs. Austria (Group J), 12 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

June 25 Japan vs. Sweden (Group F), 6 p.m., FS1<\/p>\n

June 27 Argentina vs. Jordan (Group J), 9 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

June 30 Round of 32: Group E runner-up vs. Group I runner-up, 12 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

July 3 Round of 32: Group D runner-up vs. Group G runner-up, 1 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

July 6 Round of 16: Teams TBD, 2 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

July 14 Semifinal: Teams TBD, 2 p.m., Fox<\/p>\n

FC Dallas \u25b6<\/p>\n

May 2 FC Dallas 2, NY Red Bulls 0<\/p>\n

May 9 FC Dallas 3, Salt Lake 1<\/p>\n

May 13 Vancouver 3, FC Dallas 2<\/p>\n

May 16 FC Dallas 3, San Jose 2<\/p>\n

May 23 FC Dallas 2, Colorado 1<\/p>\n

July 22 at Portland, 9:30 p.m., Apple TV<\/p>\n

July 25 at San Diego, 8:30 p.m., FS1, Apple TV<\/p>\n

Texas Motor Speedway \u25b6<\/p>\n

June 13 NASCAR Racing Experience<\/p>\n

June 20 Team Texas – David Starr’s Racing School<\/p>\n

July 11 NASCAR Racing Experience<\/p>\n

July 11 Hearts in High Gear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mon, June 8, 2026 at 2:38 PM UTC Dallas Cowboys rookie outside linebacker Malachi Lawrence takes part in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":913578,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,7,6,4872,1119],"class_list":["post-913577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas-cowboys","tag-cowboys","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-cowboys","tag-dallascowboys","tag-football","tag-nfl","tag-rangers","tag-the-cowboys"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116716091914591081","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913577","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=913577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/913577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/913578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=913577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=913577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=913577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}