Back-to-back 2nd-round picks gives Cowboys edge duo for the future
The Dallas Cowboys selected Malachi Lawrence to pair with 2025 second-round pick, Donovan Ezeiruaku to be the future edge duo for Christian Parker.
The story of the draft for the Dallas Cowboys was the selection of Ohio State safety Caleb Downs. Cowboys Nation is rarely unanimous about anything, but all celebrated the team's first pick . The second first-round player shouldn’t be overlooked, though.
And he's being added to a group that has another strong candidate for a long-term career in Dallas. Malachi Lawrence was a rising star in the last few weeks of the pre-draft process. He was linked to Dallas because of his connection to their assistant defensive line coach, Demeitre Brim, who coached Lawrence at UCF.
He is 6-foot-4, over 250 pounds, and has nearly 34-inch arms. That is an excellent frame for an outside linebacker, and combining that with a 1. 59 10-yard split makes him a fun ball of clay to work with.
He isn’t just a developmental prospect with great traits; Lawrence has a top-end array of pass rush moves, comparable to last draft's pick, Donovan Ezeiruaku. The similarities don’t stop there. Lawrence has two seasons with double-digit tackles for loss and over 7 sacks.