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The Cowboys have a rising rookie on their hands during 2025 OTAs. Here’s who is turning heads during the month of June.<\/p>\n

\"Brian<\/p>\n

The Dallas Cowboys will turn up the intensity once the calendar flips to the final week of July. One rookie is turning heads in June 2025 organized team activities, though.<\/p>\n

NFL OTAs are the equivalent of a teaser trailer dropping across the internet. It may be a small sample being shown, but it’s enough to spark intrigue. And one incoming first-year Cowboys defender has given Dallas a teaser of his potential.<\/p>\n

Owner\u00a0Jerry Jones\u00a0and incoming head coach Brian Schottenheimer have a potential steal on their hands. This new Cowboys defender fell to day three of the\u00a0NFL Draft. But reports are he’s pushing for immediate playing time.<\/p>\n

Here’s who’s impressing during OTAs down in Frisco, Texas.<\/p>\n

Jay Toia impressing during Cowboys OTAs<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\"UCLA<\/p>\n

Selection No. 217 is making an immediate case to play, per multiple reports.<\/p>\n

Toia fell to the seventh round. But he brings a needed skill to the front line, which he shared to Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram.<\/p>\n

Stop the run,\u201d Toia said about his strength on May 28. \u201cI feel like that\u2019s one of the biggest reasons I was drafted and that\u2019s exactly what I\u2019m going to do is stop the run. That\u2019s my biggest strength.\u201d<\/p>\n

Dallas and new defensive coordinator Matt Eberflus should welcome that trait greatly. The NFC East franchise fell to 29th against the run.<\/p>\n

Prompting Schottenheimer to lure in the former Chicago Bears head coach to run the defense. But also seek out defenders who can clog running lanes.<\/p>\n

Toia earned \u201crepeated work\u201d with the first team Cowboys defenders on May 30, according to Timm Hamm of Athlon Sports.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he can prove to be as effective on Sundays as he was for the Bruins, then Dallas might’ve found competition for a disappointing pick two seasons ago,\u201d Hamm wrote after watching the new defender go to work.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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