The Cowboys have completed their draft class signings. The team announced that it has signed second-round defensive end Marshawn Kneeland.
The defensive lineman spent five years at Western Michigan, collecting 148 tackles, 27.5 tackles for loss and 13 sacks. He earned second-team All-MAC honors this past season after setting career-highs in tackles (57) and sacks (4.5). That performance helped make him the 56th overall pick, with Kneeland representing the sixth defensive end off the board.
With Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence in place, the Cowboys won’t need to lean on the rookie in 2024. Kneeland will likely be competing with 2022 second-round pick Sam Williams for any leftover snaps.
Kneeland was the last of the Cowboys’ eight draft picks to sign. The rest of the team’s draft class includes:
- Round 1, No. 29 (from Lions): Tyler Guyton (T, Oklahoma) (signed)
- Round 3, No. 73 (from Vikings through Lions): Cooper Beebe (G, Kansas State) (signed)
- Round 3, No. 87: Marist Liufau (LB, Notre Dame) (signed)
- Round 5, No. 174: Caelen Carson (CB, Wake Forest) (signed)
- Round 6, No. 216: Ryan Flournoy (WR, Southeast Missouri State) (signed)
- Round 7, No. 233 (from Raiders): Nathan Thomas (T, Louisiana-Lafayette) (signed)
- Round 7, No. 244: Justin Rogers (DT, Auburn) (signed)
