An offer the Cowboys can’t refuse during the draft

The linebacker room of the Dallas Cowboys feels like a game of musical chairs where half the chairs are missing legs. While the team has some young, recent high draft picks like DeMarvion Overshown and Marist Liufau on the roster, health or development has kept them from reaching their true upside. Add in the fact that linebacker is the one spot the front office has yet to address in free agency, and suddenly things feel quite uneasy at the position.

To keep their defense from getting gashed in the run game or burned by athletic pass catchers over the seam, the Cowboys need to inject some youth and elite athleticism into the second level. If they want to stop getting the defensive shellacking they have been receiving regularly, they should look closely at a prospect who possesses a game built for the bright lights of AT&T Stadium. LB, Sonny Styles, Ohio State Height: 6’5” | Weight: 244 lbs | Speed: 4.

46 forty time Background When your mom nicknames you after one of the most intense characters in cinema, Sonny Corleone, you know chaos is coming. Sonny Styles is the definition of a high achiever who makes the rest of us feel like we spent our teenage years doing remarkably little. He arrived at Ohio State as a 17-year-old freshman after graduating high school early, essentially skipping his senior prom to go hit Big Ten tight ends.

He spent his first two seasons in Columbus patrolling the secondary as a safety before bulking up and sliding down to linebacker for the 2024 season. The transition was seamless, as he racked up 100 tackles and showed a natural nose for the football in the box. To top it off, he absolutely shattered expectations at the combine, setting a new vertical jump record for linebackers as well as earning a perfect RAS score of 10.