The Cowboys are signing defensive lineman Jonathan Bullard to a one-year deal, the team announced on Saturday.
Bullard, 32, is a 10-year veteran, having entered the NFL as a third-round pick of the Bears in 2016.
He has also played for the Cardinals, Seahawks, Falcons, Vikings and Saints.
In 2025, Bullard appeared in 15 games for New Orleans, starting six, and tallied 26 tackles, four tackles for loss and two pass breakups.
With the addition of Bullard, the Cowboys have now added seven players on the defensive side of the ball this offseason. Bullard is the third addition on the defensive line, joining nose tackle Otito Ogbonnia and outside linebacker Rashan Gary.
New defensive coordinator Christian Parker is switching the team to a 3-4 base defense.
Bullard will reunite with his former defensive line coach, Marcus Dixon, who coached him with the Vikings in 2024. Bullard started all 17 games for Minnesota that season and posted 41 tackles, seven tackles for loss, three pass breakups and a sack.
Linebacker Sonny Styles is one of the top prospects in this year’s draft class and he’s starting to make the rounds with teams that could make him a first-round pick next month.
During an appearance on Up & Adams, Styles said that he has already had a visit with the Jets. Styles says that he also has visits planned with the Cowboys, Commanders and Bengals in the near future.
The Jets have the second overall pick and have commonly been linked to Styles’s Ohio State teammate Arvell Reese in mock drafts. They also have the 16th overall pick and have an arsenal of early-round choices over the next two drafts, so they could move around the board in order to nab their preferred targets.
Dallas also has two picks — No. 12 and No. 20 — while the Commanders are at No. 7 and the Bengals are at No. 10.
Styles had 244 tackles, 22.5 tackles for loss, nine sacks, an interception, three forced fumbles and a fumble recovery during his time with the Buckeyes. He also impressed during his workouts at the Scouting Combine in Indianapolis last month to solidify his standing as a top prospect.
The Cowboys are getting to know one of the top receivers in this year’s draft a bit better.
Per Tom Pelissero of NFL Media, Indiana wideout Omar Cooper Jr. is visiting with Dallas.
Cooper, 22, won the CFP National Championship with the Hoosiers in 2025, leading the team with 69 receptions and 937 yards. He also had 13 touchdowns, which was second on Indiana to fellow receiver Elijah Sarratt’s 15 TDs.
The Cowboys currently have a pair of top-flight receivers in CeeDee Lamb and George Pickens — who received the franchise tag to keep him with the club this offseason. Adding a receiver of Cooper’s caliber could be a way to double down on the position’s strength, or it could open up the Cowboys to the possibility of another move.
Cooper caught a total of 115 passes for 1,798 yards with 22 touchdowns in his 42 games at Indiana. He also rushed five times for 97 yards with two TDs.
The Cowboys added another free agent this week when they signed cornerback Darrion Kendrick and head coach Brian Schottenheimer weighed in on the team’s overall moves over the last few weeks while at the University of Texas Pro Day workout on Tuesday.
Kendrick joins Rashan Gary, Jalen Thompson, P.J. Locke, Otito Ogbonnia, and Tyrus Wheat as new additions to a defense that failed to perform last season. They’ve also held onto players like running back Javonte Williams and wide receiver George Pickens on the other side of the ball, which Schottenheimer believes has positioned the team to focus on adding the best available players in next month’s draft.
“I think we did a really good job of setting ourselves up to be able to draft natural and draft pure, which is what you want to do,” Schottenheimer said, via the team’s website. “You don’t want to have to be forced to reach for a player, that’s when you make mistakes.”
The Cowboys currently have eight picks in the draft, including a pair of first-round selections that they can use to keep building a roster they hope will make a run at playoff contention in Schottenheimer’s second season as the head coach.
The Cowboys are signing cornerback Derion Kendrick to a one-year deal, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports.
Kendrick, 25, spent time with the Rams and Seahawks last season, playing a total of 15 games. He totaled 10 tackles, two interceptions and five passes defensed while seeing action on 135 defensive snaps and 112 on special teams.
The Rams made Kendrick a sixth-round pick in 2022.
He missed all of the 2024 season with a torn ACL, but in four seasons, Kendrick has appeared in 47 games with 18 starts. He has recorded 102 tackles, three interceptions and 19 passes defensed.
Kendrick has not started a game since 2023.
