FRISCO, Texas — DeMarvion Overshown will soon be on the field again for the Dallas Cowboys, and soon actually does mean exactly that, in this case. The budding superstar linebacker has hinted for months that his return from a torn ACL that ended his 2024 season would be prior to Thanksgiving, and it appears he’s about to hit that nail squarely on its head.
The team expects to begin his 21-day practice window from injured reserve as early as Week 8, per head coach Brian Schottenheimer, putting him ahead of schedule but right on par for the timetable Overshown set for himself long ago.
“In the next week or two, I would think,” said Schottenheimer. “All signs are pointing to the next week or so, and I know he’s got some very, very good reviews, and so I think we’re getting really close.”
Overshown made headlines this past offseason when he became the first player in Cowboys’ history to be granted the No. 0 jersey, also the number he wore in his days with the Texas Longhorns.
“It’s just like when Superman puts on his cape,” he told DallasCowboys.com at the time. “When I put that No. 0 on, it’s really Agent 0 out there.”
With a goal throughout his recovery of trying to become the 2025 NFL Comeback Player of the Year, there was never any shortage of motivation for Overshown this time around, the key phrase being “this time around”, because he suffered a torn ACL (the opposite one) in his first year with the Cowboys that also derailed the 2023 season; and before it ever got started.
That means Overshown knew the journey back to the field exceptionally well, and that aided in hitting benchmarks he was already on the lookout for as he went through the rehab process.
As his return speeds toward the Cowboys’ and a defensive unit that could use his services last week and nearly every week prior, Schottenheimer is excited, but also realistic in how they’ll manage Overshown’s return — avoiding anything that could create a potential setback.
And with the team’s bye week on the horizon in a little more than three weeks from now, that will be factored in as well, and how to work him into the current rotation of linebackers as the Cowboys’ ramp him up, along with what is set to be a gauntlet, schedule-wise.
“We take all of it into consideration,” Schottenheimer explained. “All those things come into factor, you know, because we do have, like, what, three games in 12 days? And then three in 11 days, or something like that. So the practice, at that point, becomes a little bit limited.
“All of that will be factored into the decision-making process.”
