Cowboys Keep DJ Wingfield After Minicamp Tryout

Dallas is keeping DJ Wingfield in the building. The Cowboys added the rookie offensive lineman to their 90-man roster after he made enough of his rookie minicamp tryout to earn a longer look. This is not a league-shaking May transaction.

It is a camp-depth bet, and Dallas knows that matters on the offensive line. Wingfield entered as a tryout player, then turned a weekend audition into a spot on the offseason roster. For the Cowboys, the move extends the evaluation.

For Wingfield, it changes the math. He now gets a real runway into camp instead of leaving rookie minicamp as another name from a tryout list. That distinction matters.

Tryout players often get only a narrow window to show they belong, and Wingfield did enough in that window to make Dallas keep watching. The Cowboys are not declaring anything larger than that, but they are giving themselves more time with a lineman who flashed enough utility to survive the first cutdown from minicamp traffic. The timing also tells the story.

Rookie minicamp is where teams sort through long-shot options, injury insurance, and developmental pieces before the roster picture hardens. Dallas used that setting to add another offensive line body, which points less to certainty about Wingfield and more to the value of competition before camp reps become scarce. For an offensive lineman on the edge of the roster, staying available is the first win.

Wingfield now gets more meetings, more installation, more strength work, and more chances to show coaches he can handle the pace beyond a tryout weekend. That does not move him past established players, but it keeps him in the conversation. Dallas also gains flexibility by making the move now.

The Cowboys can carry Wingfield through the offseason program, test him against a broader group, and decide later whether he is only camp depth or something more useful. In May, that is the point. Teams do not need final answers yet.

They need options worth examining. The implication is simple: Dallas is still hunting for offensive line depth, and every body in that room can turn reps into leverage once camp begins. What's next: Wingfield joins the 90-man roster and starts the tougher fight for staying power in a crowded Cowboys camp. Read at Yahoo Sports