FRISCO, Texas – The Cowboys announced some of their first offseason moves Monday evening, including signing nine players to Reserve/Future contracts.
Once an NFL season has concluded, practice squad players are not obligated to the team and can sign Reserve/Future contracts with any NFL franchise. These contracts are not counted as part of a team's salary cap, and any franchise can sign as many players to future contracts if it doesn't put them over the 90-man limit on the first day of the new league year, which is March 12 at 3 P.M.
Denzel Daxon, Kelvin Harmon, Brock Mogensen, Jalen Cropper, Troy Pride, Luigi Vilain and Seth Williams are some of the mainstays from the Cowboys practice squad in 2024 signed to future deals. Of the group, Pride is the only one to appear in game action for Dallas this season. A lack of depth at cornerback allowed Pride to see the field in the Cowboys' final two games against the Eagles and Commanders, where he tallied three tackles and a pass breakup.
The Cowboys also signed their two newest faces in guard Jack Anderson and cornerback Luq Barcoo to future contracts, both of whom we're signed to the practice squad on January 1.
Anderson, a Frisco native, was a seventh-round pick by the Buffalo Bills in 2021. He's since spent time with the Eagles, Giants, Colts, and was on the Jaguars and Panthers practice squads before signing his future deal with the Cowboys.
Barcoo went undrafted in 2020 before signing with the Jaguars followed by the Cardinals, before bouncing around practice squads with the 49ers, Chiefs and Jets. In 2023, he signed with the San Antonio Brahmas of the XFL, where he made the All-XFL team that season before signing with the Steelers practice squad.
Altogether, it's nine players that will be with the Cowboys practice squad come next season, looking to earn a 53-man roster spot when training camp begins in Oxnard over the summer.
