Updates: Team waives Corey Crooms Jr. after injury

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August 1 Corey Crooms

#17 WR

Height: 5-11 Weight: 180 lbs College: Minnesota

5:32 p.m. – After sustaining a lower leg injury, rookie undrafted wide receiver Corey Crooms Jr. was waived by the team on Thursday. The product of the University of Minnesota was having a strong camp before suffering the injury, considering his status with the third team units.

If Crooms clears waivers, he will revert to the Cowboys’ injured reserve.

After the transactions on Thursday that also included two additions to the roster, the team is now full at 91 players.

July 30 Ryan Flournoy

#18 WR

Height: 6-1 Weight: 200 lbs College: Southeast Missouri State

2:51 p.m. -The Dallas Cowboys hit the practice field for the first time in pads on Tuesday morning, but rookie sixth-round pick Ryan Flournoy was still off to the side working with the rehab group.

After his press conference on Tuesday morning, head coach Mike McCarthy confirmed that Flournoy is dealing with a knee issue that is keeping him off the field for the first few practices in Oxnard. He will continue to work off to the side until he can return to full health.

In his absence, the competition for the final couple of roster spots at the wide receiver position has been hot with Tyron Billy-Johnson starting camp on a heater, KaVontae Turpin finding some consistency and Jalen Brooks taking another step with each practice that passes. Flournoy will be thrown into that mix when he is healthy enough to return.

———————————- CeeDee Lamb

#88 WR

Height: 6-2 Weight: 200 lbs College: Oklahoma

1 p.m. – It is still undetermined when the Cowboys and CeeDee Lamb will come to terms on what will be a massive multi-year contract extension, but things are moving toward a resolution as training camp rolls along.

The First-Team All-Pro receiver is currently a holdout as talks continue, but the Cowboys submitted a new offer to Lamb on Friday and received a counteroffer from their record-setting wideout on Sunday evening – per executive vice president and director of player personnel Stephen Jones on Tuesday.

“We keep having multiple exchanges with CeeDee,” Jones told 94.1 San Antonio. “He actually sent us something late (Sunday). We continue to grind away on it. I would characterize both negotiations as very cordial and upbeat.

“We’re optimistic we’ll continue to work toward getting something done.”

———————————- July 28 Kemon Hall

# DB

Height: 5-11 Weight: 190 lbs College: North Texas

2:30 p.m. – It was a Sunday swap of cornerbacks for the Dallas Cowboys.

The team parted ways with Gareon Conley after the veteran cornerback notified them of his intent to retire, releasing him and submitting a waiver claim for Kemon Hall, whom the 49ers waived one day prior.

The Cowboys were awarded Hall, who will make his second trip to Dallas after having spent time on the team’s practice squad during the 2020 season.

Hall is a former undrafted free agent signing of the Los Angeles Chargers who played in 16 games as a rookie before finding his way back to the Cowboys to replace the camp depth lost by the move on Conley, and also by the fact Trevon Diggs is currently on the PUP list awaiting his return to the field.

———————————- Sam Williams

#54 DE

Height: 6-4 Weight: 261 lbs College: Mississippi

11:58 a.m. – The Cowboys had a scary situation occur in the middle of Sunday’s practice as pass-rusher Sam Williams went down with an injury and had to be carted off the field.

Williams was participating in a special teams drill with light contact when he abruptly went to the ground in obvious pain. It appears to be a left knee/leg injury but the Cowboys have yet to provide any further details on the injury.

Williams is entering his third season with the team but was expected to have the biggest role of his career so far as the Cowboys let veteran defensive ends Durance Armstrong and Dante Fowler leave in free agency.

In his career, Williams had 4.0 sacks as a rookie in 2022 and then 4.5 sacks in 2023, despite having zero starts. He was the projected starter heading into camp and the Cowboys are hopeful the injury won’t be serious enough to change that.

The Cowboys have an off day on Monday so it’s likely Williams will undergo plenty of test, possibly even an MRI over the next two days.

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