{"id":265366,"date":"2026-04-25T03:40:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265366\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T03:40:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T03:40:10","slug":"cowboys-draft-michigan-edge-rusher-jaishawn-barham-in-third-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265366\/","title":{"rendered":"Cowboys draft Michigan edge rusher Jaishawn Barham in third round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/tag\/dallas-cowboys\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a> selected University of Michigan edge rusher Jaishawn Barham in the third round of the 2026 NFL Draft on Friday, taking him with the No. 92 overall pick.<\/p>\n<p>The 6\u2011foot\u20113, 240\u2011pound Barham&#8217;s selection comes a day after Dallas added <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/texas\/news\/nfl-draft-2026-dallas-cowboys-day-one\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ohio State safety Caleb Downs with the No. 11 pick and Central Florida edge rusher Malachi Lawrence<\/a> later in the first round, continuing the team&#8217;s early emphasis on defense.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/gettyimages-2248300305.jpg#.jpeg\" alt=\"Michigan v Maryland \" height=\"411\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\"  loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                  COLLEGE PARK, MARYLAND &#8211; NOVEMBER 22: Jaishawn Barham #1 of the Michigan Wolverines watches the game against the Maryland Terrapins at SECU Stadium on November 22, 2025 in College Park, Maryland.<\/p>\n<p>                G Fiume \/ Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>  About Jaishawn Barham<\/p>\n<p>Barham, a 22\u2011year\u2011old former four\u2011star recruit and top\u201110 linebacker nationally coming out of Saint Frances Academy in Baltimore, began his career at Maryland, where he was a Freshman All\u2011American and an immediate starter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After transferring to Michigan, he became known for his hybrid versatility, with the ability to play off\u2011ball linebacker or rush off the edge.<\/p>\n<p>He earned honorable mention All\u2011Big Ten honors and was a four\u2011time Michigan Defensive Player of the Week.<\/p>\n<p>CBS News Texas will provide updates as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content__tags__label\">In:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Dallas Cowboys selected University of Michigan edge rusher Jaishawn Barham in the third round of the 2026&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265367,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[113,6030,6183,430,27,29,28],"class_list":{"0":"post-265366","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-dallas-cowboys","9":"tag-national-football-league","10":"tag-nfl-draft","11":"tag-north-texas","12":"tag-texas","13":"tag-texas-headlines","14":"tag-texas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265366","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=265366"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265366\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265367"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265366"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}