The Dallas Cowboys still need linebacker help, and that is why I like these two names that are flying under the radar. USF linebacker Mac Harris and Miami (Ohio) linebacker and Miami University (Ohio) linebacker Jackson Kuwatch are not the flashy prospects everyone likes to talk about, but both feel like the sleepiest of sleepers in the 2026 NFL Draft who could help Dallas improve its depth at a position that still doesn\u2019t feel settled.We all know linebacker is one of the clear draft needs for the Cowboys, and ESPN locks that fact in.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys don\u2019t need just stars at linebacker, they need more competition depth, and players who can come in and push for a role. Harris and Kuwatch both bring enough production to at least make Dallas think about them.<\/p>\n
The Cowboys Still Need Help<\/p>\n
Everybody wants the big names to come to Dallas, but the Cowboys need to find players who can help the bottom half of the roster, survive camp, play teams, and give the linebacker room some life.ESPN\u2019s Cowboys draft overview flat-out says Dallas \u201cmust find a linebacker,\u201d that alone should show I\u2019m not nitpicking.<\/p>\n
If Dallas gets a linebacker early, I\u2019m good with that, but I still wouldn\u2019t hate coming back to the position later and grabbing someone who can compete for reps.That\u2019s where I think players like Mac Harris and Jackson Kuwatch start to make sense.<\/p>\n
Mac Harris Might Be the More Explosive Player<\/p>\n
Mac Harris jumps out to me first because his production has some edge to it.He is listed at 6 foot tall and 230 pounds, and his 2025 stats were 54 solo tackles, 6 sacks, 3 forced fumbles, and 2 interceptions. That\u2019s production that gets my attention for a player to compete.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s not a tackle collector, but when I saw the six sacks and multiple takeaways from a linebacker, I think about a player who could create problems for an opposing offense.Mac Harris is the kind of late-round name I would like to see Dallas find because he could give more than expected.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys still need linebacker help, and that is why I like these two names that are…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":256746,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,932,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-256745","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-cowboys-news","10":"tag-dallas-headlines","11":"tag-dallas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=256745"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/256745\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/256746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=256745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=256745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=256745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}