The worst was confirmed late on Sunday. Sam Williams, the third-year edge rusher who was competing for a key role in the Dallas Cowboys defensive line rotation, has been lost for the season. The Ole Miss product crumpled in a heap during a special teams drill during the club’s fourth practice of 2024 training camp and was taken off the field on a cart in Oxnard, CA. He was taken for an MRI, which revealed both an ACL and an MCL tear, leaving Williams out for the season.
While the Pacific Ocean breeze keeps thing comfortable for the club in Oxnard, a far cry from the scorching summer heat in Texas, the Cowboys still find themselves in AC Hell. For the fifth time in less than 12 months, Dallas has lost a player to an ACL tear. It’s an uncanny string of bad luck that now includes two injuries on the Oxnard practice fields with one happening back home at The Star in Frisco.
Here’s a look at the five players who have suffered the injury and the details of each.
Overshown’s left knee injury came in the team’s preseason battle in Seattle last summer. The rookie linebacker from Texas, drafted in the third round, was potentially on his way to earning a starting job next to Leighton Vander Esch. He’s back looking spry this summer and was able to start training camp with the full roster and not on the PUP list.
Aug 12, 2023; Arlington, Texas, USA; Dallas Cowboys wide receiver John Stephens Jr. (49) scores a touchdown during the second half against the Jacksonville Jaguars at AT&T Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports
Stephens was already translating his practice hype to game film during the preseason when his rookie year was cut short in the same preseason game against the Seahawks as Overshown. And like Overshown, it was also a left knee injury.
The Louisiana product was a WR, but too slow and prepped for the draft process to move to tight end and it was working beautifully.
He has returned this year and avoiding being placed on the Physically-Unable-to-Perform list to start camp.
Jul 27, 2023; Oxnard, CA, USA; Dallas Cowboys receiver David Durden (85) during training camp at Marriott Residence Inn-River Ridge Playing Fields. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports
Durden was a down-roster wideout who was hoping to make an impact early on. Durden’s right knee injury occurred during practice back at The Star, the…
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