Lacking draft picks in the second and third rounds of the 2026 NFL Draft, the Dallas Cowboys made a big move this offseason, sending starting defensive tackle Osa Odighizuwa to the San Francisco 49ers for a Day 2 pick.
The move cleared up the defensive tackle room, which had become a position of surplus after the major trade for Quinnen Williams at the trade deadline, while bringing back a draft pick for the Cowboys, who enter the weekend with eight selections in the 2026 NFL Draft.
Let’s look at the
details of the trade.
Original trade terms for Osa Odighizuwa betwen Cowboys and 49ers
- San Francisco 49ers receive: DT Osa Odighizuwa
- Dallas Cowboys receive: 2026 third-round pick (No. 92 overall)
Who did the Cowboys take with the pick from the Osa Odighizuwa trade?
When the pick is made at slot 92, we will update.
How did Osa Odighizuwa perform for the Cowboys in 2025?
Odighizuwa was a quality defensive tackle for the Cowboys in 2025, leading the team with 52 pressures last year. He also recorded a pass-rush win rate of 13.6 percent, according to PFF, while having just one missed tackle on the season and making 14 run stops.
The defensive tackle has been quite durable throughout his career, playing in all 17 games for a fourth straight season, but a move at the position was coming with the Cowboys having Quinnen Williams, Kenny Clark, and Odighizuwa on big contracts heading into 2026.
Now, would it have been better to trade Clark, who is three years older and didn’t post as good a pass-rush win rate or pressure rate as Odighizuwa in 2025? Probably. But a Clark trade may not have landed as good a draft pick in return, and the Cowboys were in dire need of a Day 2 pick.
While Dallas holds the No. 12 and No. 20 overall picks in the 2026 NFL Draft, they didn’t have a selection after that until No. 112. Their second-round pick was a part of the Quinnen Williams trade, while their third-round pick was a part of the George Pickens trade last offseason.
With this deal, they now have No. 12 and No. 20 in the first, and No. 92 and No.112 to go with three fifth-round picks and a seventh-round pick in this draft.
