Cowboys Draft Malachi Lawrence

0:00It's April 24th. From breaking news to Sunday match-ups, this is NFL News Today, powered by AI. The Dallas Cowboys grab Central Florida defensive in Malachi Lawrence with a 23rd overall pick in the draft, even though it sparks them. Real debate right there in their draft room. Jerry Jones said the trade offers just weren't worth it, so they pulled the trigger on one of their top targets, betting big on this. 22-year-old Edge Russia. Lawrence stuck with the Knights for five seasons, turning down bigger bags from other schools, which impressed the Cowboys' player personnel crew. During their character check, now he's joining a stacked offensive-in crew with pro-bola Rashan Gary, Donovan Azerawaku, and James Houston under new coordinator Christian. Parker, his combine numbers popped off the charts, a 9.94 relative athletic score, ranking 14th out of 2,200. 57 defensive ends since 1987, plus top marks in explosiveness and edge speed.

1:01Fans and insiders had mixed takes, with some seeing echoes of Cowboys legends in his game. Will McClay pointed out Lawrence's speed edges out to Marcus Lawrence, and his quick first step and relentless quarterback hunt remind folks of. To Marcus Ware. Even Nick Sabin got caught on a hot mic calling it a reach at 23. But plenty of draft experts disagreed, analyst John Ledyard ranked him the top edge in the class, and the Cowboys clearly agreed, having a former UCF coach on staff as assistant D-line coach should speed up his transition too. Bottom line, Dallas snagged the talent they coveted, and if those traits translate, their pass rush just leveled up big time.