Dallas Cowboys make full use of NFL’s 90-man roster limit

Each NFL team is allowed a maximum of 90 players under contract on its offseason roster. The Dallas Cowboys just signed OL DJ Wingfield as an undrafted free agent, bringing them to exactly 90 players under contract on their roster right now – assuming Malachi Lawrence eventually signs his rookie contract.

But even though they’ve maxed out at 90 players, the roster will continue to change over the coming weeks and months, as every single new signing will have to be accompanied by a corresponding player being

released who is currently on the roster.

In total, the 90 Cowboys players are comprised as follows:

• 48 players returning from last season
• 10 players signed as free agents since the end of last season
• 2 players brought in via trade
• 7 rookies drafted in the 2026 NFL draft
• 9 players signed to reserve/future contracts earlier this yea
• 12 college free agents added after the draft.

Here’s how the roster currently stands, keeping in mind that this first roster iteration of 2026 may already be slightly outdated by the time you read this.

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Player	POS	Age		Player	POS	Age
48 Returning Players				12 Free Agents
Bryan Anger	P	37		Jonathan Bullard	DE	32
Brandon Aubrey	K	31		Cobie Durant	CB	28
Corey Ballentine	CB	30		Matt Hennessy	OL	28
Justin Barron	LB	24		Sam Howell	QB	25
T.J. Bass	G	27		Tyler Johnson	WR	27
Cooper Beebe	C	24		Derion Kendrick	CB	25
Markquese Bell	S	27		P.J. Locke	DB	29
DaRon Bland	CB	26		Otito Ogbonnia	DT	25
Jaydon Blue	RB	22		Curtis Robinson	LB	27
Tyler Booker	G	22		Jalen Thompson	S	27
Trikweze Bridges	CB	25		Marquez Valdes-Scantling	WR	31
Josh Butler	CB	29		Tyrus Wheat	DE	26
Caelen Carson	CB	22		2 Trade Acquisitions
Alijah Clark	DB	30		Rashan Gary	OLB	28
Kenny Clark	DT	23		Dee Winters	LB	25
Ajani Cornelius	OT	27		7 Draft Picks
Malik Davis	RB	27		Jaishawn Barham	LB	22
Donovan Ezeiruaku	DE	22		Caleb Downs	DB	21
Princeton Fant	TE	27		Malachi Lawrence	OLB	22
Jake Ferguson	TE	27		Devin Moore	CB	22
Ryan Flournoy	WR	26		LT Overton	DL	21
Tyler Guyton	T	23		Drew Shelton	OT	22
Malik Hooker	S	30		Anthony Smith	WR	24
James Houston	DE	27		9 Reserve/Future
Shemar James	LB	21		Israel Abanikanda	RB	23
Trevor Keegan	G	25		Parris Campbell	WR	28
CeeDee Lamb	WR	27		Zion Childress	DB	24
Marist Liufau	LB	25		Traeshon Holden	WR	24
Hunter Luepke	RB	26		Marcellus Johnson	T	26
Phil Mafah	RB	23		Isaiah Land	LB	26
Joe Milton III	QB	26		Nick Leverett	OL	28
Jonathan Mingo	WR	25		Adedayo Odeleye	DL	28
DeMarvion Overshown	LB	25		Julius Wood	S	25
George Pickens	WR	25		11 UDFAs
Dak Prescott	QB	32		Camden Brown	WR	n/a
Shavon Revel Jr.	CB	24		Tommy Dunn	DT	n/a
Luke Schoonmaker	TE	27		Sidney Fugar	OG	23
Trent Sieg	LS	30		Kelvin Gilliam	DT	n/a
Tyler Smith	OL	25		Jordan Hudson	WR	22
Brevyn Spann-Ford	TE	26		Langston Patterson	ILB	n/a
Terence Steele	T	28		Shiyazh Pete	OL	n/a
Reddy Steward	DB	25		Dominic Richardson	RB	25
Nate Thomas	T	24		DJ Rogers	TE	24
Jay Toia	DT	22		Michael Trigg	TE	23
KaVontae Turpin	WR	29		DJ Withers	DT	n/a
Sam Williams	DE	27		DJ Wingfield	OL	n/a
Javonte Williams	RB	26
Quinnen Williams	DT	28

One interesting dynamic highlighted by the table above: With 48 players returning to the roster from 2025 (on the left side of the table) and 41 new players added to the roster (on the right side of the table) basically every new addition to the team will have to beat out a returning player for a roster spot on the final 53.

And so the 2026 season begins.