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Cowboys news: Luke Schoonmaker makes practice debut, listed as backup TE on first depth chart

The Cowboys rookie tight end is finally ready for on-field work, trying to make an immediate impact behind Jake Ferguson and Peyton Hendershot.

10:51 a.m. - Rookie tight end Luke Schoonmaker, who has been nursing a plantar fasciitis injury since arriving in Dallas in late April, will come off the NFI list and make his practice debut on Monday, head coach Mike McCarthy said in his Monday press conference.

“I think like any of these situations, ramp up is part of the beginning of camp for a reason,” McCarthy said. “When a player comes off of NFI, we will put him through a workload capacity of a ramp-up.