Cowboys selected Boston College EDGE Donovan Ezeiruaku with the No. 44 overall pick in the 2025 NFL Draft.
Ezeiruaku will join a Dallas defense with a pass rush Pro Football Focus graded as 2024’s fourth best unit, pressuring opposing QBs at one of the NFL’s highest rates. Hailing from Williamstown, NJ, Ezeiruaku (6’2.5/248) stayed in the northeast for school and hit the ground running, earning Second Team All-ACC recognition as a sophomore with 14.5 RFLs and 8.5 sacks for the Eagles in 2022. This year his play ascended to elite levels, recording an 18.2% win rate with 62 pressures (6th in FBS) and 16.5 sacks which was the second-highest mark in the country. Varied rush package with an array of moves to draw from, including an incredible hop/chop technique that was almost unstoppable at the college level. Posted a pair of outrageous 96th% agility times with a 4.19s shuttle and 6.94s 3-Cone for a solid 7.98 Relative Athletic Score His lack of prototypical Edge height/weight are offset by abnormally long 34” arms and 96th percentile agility tests. Scrapes down the line well in run support and is able to dart around blockers to make plays, as is evidenced by the 42 stops (3rd in FBS) and 8.1% missed tackle rate he posted this year. Expertly uses blockers’ momentum against them, flashing an outside rush before crossing the face of his opponent and laying a hit on the quarterback. While his smooth, fluid play style confounds blockers, he’s not blindingly fast which could limit him to DE2 status opposite a more complete DE1.
