Cowboys spent $2.6M, 7th-round pick for 224 snaps from now-retired LB
Former Cowboys and longtime Bengals linebacker Logan Wilson retires form the NFL after six seasons.
The Cowboys traded a 2026 seventh-round pick to Cincinnatti for linebacker Logan Wilson before last season's deadline, in hopes his experience could help out a defense that lacked communication, among other issues. He finished his season with 24 tackles and one forced fumble. Draft pick aside, Dallas also took on roughly $2.
6 million of remaining salary last season for just 224 defensive snaps. Those numbers led to his tenure being brief, Wilson being waived by the Cowboys in order to save $6. 5 million in cap space , and now he has decided to call it a career posting a heartfelt farewell via his instagram account.
Linebacker Logan Wilson announced his retirement on IG What do you remember most about Wilson as a member of the Dallas Cowboys pic. twitter. com/klrJls8vp6 ā Clarence Hill Jr (@clarencehilljr) March 18, 2026 Wilson, 29, was a third-round pick by the Bengals in the 2020 NFL Draft out of Wyoming.
In six and a half seasons with Cincinnati, Wilson played in 76 games, starting 65 times recording 541 tackles, 5. 5 sacks, 18 QB hits, and 11 interceptions. Although he never made a Pro Bowl or All-Pro team, Wilson was a catalyst in the Bengals Super Bowl LVI run back in 2021 which ended in a 23-20 loss to the Rams.