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Cowboys final rookie report: An evaluation of each first-year player from the draft

Now that the Cowboys’ 2018 season is over, proper evaluations can be conducted on the team. One of the more prominent sentiments around this team is that, while the loss to the Rams in the divisional round was a disappointing end, this young roster has a bright future. A lot of that has to do with the great crop of players Dallas drafted in 2018. Now that they’ve all had a full rookie year with America’s Team, let’s evaluate the Cowboys rookies.
Leighton Vander Esch
Stat line: 140 tackles, two tackles for loss, two interceptions, seven passes defensed, 85.