FRISCO, Texas – The Cowboys acquired wide receiver Jonathan Mingo via a trade with the Carolina Panthers. Dallas is sending a 2025 fourth-round pick to Carolina for Mingo and a 2025 seventh-round pick.
The corresponding move is a release of cornerback Andrew Booth, who was acquired via trade during this year's training camp in Oxnard.
Mingo was the 39th overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft, and in 24 career games has caught 55 passes for 539 yards and has yet to score his first career touchdown. The 6'2, 220 pound wideout gives the Cowboys a big target that still has two years remaining on his rookie contract after the 2024 season, and Mingo gets a fresh start to his career in Dallas.
Cowboys owner Jerry Jones mentioned on his weekly 105.3 The Fan radio show this morning that the Cowboys would likely be acquiring a wide receiver that they liked coming out of college. Now, they've got him.
"We're going to bring a receiver in more than likely today that we really have thought a lot of and wanted to draft him," Jones said. "And so we're going to get a chance to get him."
Mingo played four seasons at Ole Miss, where he caught 112 passes for 1,758 yards and 12 touchdowns, and received 2nd-team All-SEC honors in his senior season. At the combine in Indianapolis, Mingo ran a 4.46 second 40-yard dash, tallied a 39.5" vertical, and a 10' 9" broad jump.
This is the second time in as many years the Cowboys have traded a fourth-round pick for a young, developmental addition to the roster as their fourth round pick last season went to San Francisco in exchange for Trey Lance. Lance has yet to see the field in the regular season for the Cowboys, but that may change in the near future with Dak Prescott likely headed to injured reserve, per Jones.
Jones made it very clear that the Cowboys are still wanting to build this roster to win in 2024, echoing the sentiment after the loss to Atlanta on Sunday and again this morning on 105.3 The Fan.
"We're not selling," Jones said. "We will make that case where we're buying and not selling."
The NFL's trade deadline is at 3 P.M. (CT) today.
