For the Dallas Cowboys, the first week of free agency is starting to gain momentum. After being largely idle throughout the opening few days of the season, they managed to sign linebacker Eric Kendricks from the San Francisco 49ers and keep cornerback Jourdan Lewis, one of their finest playmakers, on board.
The past recipient of the Ed Block Courage Award has decided to stay in Dallas for one year, through the 2024 season. He will sign the new contract formally soon after, so halting the departure of defensive talent to Dan Quinn and the Washington Commanders.
Only a few seasons prior, Lewis was selected by the Cowboys in the third round out of Michigan. His inability to see the field was not due to a lack of skill, but rather to Kris Richard’s disapproval of his small size as a cornerback.
In the end, Lewis would work his way up and make Rod Marinelli and Richard seem dumb for ever questioning him. For a while, he was the team’s greatest (and only) defensive ballhawk and playmaker.
Since then, he has gone from being unnoticed to being a nickel cornerback breakthrough star, from suffering a catastrophic foot injury that almost ruined his career to overcoming it and returning to be one of the Cowboys’ key playmakers in 2023. He has a lot of impact years left in his career and has long been one of the team’s top defenders as well as a mentor.