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Cowboys news: Osa Odighizuwa is blowing up at defensive tackle, on path for career year

Osa Odighizuwa has become the pass-rushing DT Dallas has searched for.

Quiet as it’s kept, there’s a breakout star on the interior of the Dallas Cowboys defensive line as well, though often overshadowed by the generational greatness of Micah Parsons and the continued elite play by longtime defensive leader DeMarcus Lawrence; and that person is Osa Odighizuwa.

The 25-year-old entered the league alongside Parsons in 2021 but as the third-round pick of the Cowboys, and it didn’t take him long to start making an impact for defensive coordinator Dan Quinn — the former First-Team All-Pac 12 talent finishing his second season with a career-high four sacks at defensive tackle (doubling his rookie output in that category).