Each year, NFL teams are allowed to bring in 30 national prospects to their training facilities for a visit, as well as an unlimited amount of players considered local prospects, either by growing up in that city or playing in a local college.
While the exact lists won't be finalized until next week, the names of a good number of players scheduled to visit the Dallas Cowboys have leaked out:
National Prospects | |||
Player | Pos. | School | Proj. Round |
Dre Kirkpatrick | CB | Alabama | 1 |
Michael Brockers | DT | LSU | 1 |
Amini Silatolu | OG | Midwestern State | 2 |
Ronnell Lewis | OLB | Oklahoma | 2 |
Casey Hayward | CB | Vanderbilt | 3-4 |
Chris Greenwood | CB | Albion | 7-UDFA |
Lionel Smith | CB | Texas A&M | UDFA |
Ronald Leary | OG | Memphis | UDFA |
Chase Baker | NT | Boise State | UDFA |
Korey Toomer | ILB | Idaho | UDFA |
Local Prospects invited for Dallas Days | |||
Player | Pos. | School | Proj. Round |
Keenan Robinson | LB | Texas | 3-4 |
Jeff Fuller | WR | Texas A&M | 4-5 |
Emmanuel Acho | LB | Texas | 5 |
Tank Carder | LB | TCU | 6 |
Ron Brooks | CB | LSU | 6 |
Nathan Dick | QB | Central Arkansas | UDFA |
Over the last few years, the list of the players the Cowboys have brought in has corresponded fairly well with the players they end up drafting. The last first-round pick Dallas didn't bring for a pre-draft visit was DeMarcus Ware in 2005.
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