{"id":265431,"date":"2026-04-25T04:41:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:41:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265431\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T04:41:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T04:41:08","slug":"dallas-cowboys-stay-pat-at-92nd-pick-in-2026-nfl-draft-select-michigan-linebacker-jaishawn-barham","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/265431\/","title":{"rendered":"Dallas Cowboys stay pat at 92nd pick in 2026 NFL Draft, select Michigan linebacker Jaishawn Barham"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barham selection further shows Cowboys commitment to address need to rush opposing quarterbacks and maintain edges.<\/p>\n

DALLAS \u2014 The Dallas Cowboys have wheeled and dealed through the first couple days of the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a>, making three trades over involving picks or players.<\/p>\n

In the case of their lone scheduled third-round pick, the Cowboys didn’t play around and stood pat, selecting another potential pass rushing threat, linebacker Jaishawn Barham of Michigan.<\/p>\n

Mostly seen as a speedy edge rusher, Barham also has experience as more of a coverage linebacker. Barham started his college career at Maryland, where he played for two seasons before finishing in Ann Arbor.<\/p>\n

ESPN’s Matt Miller in early post-pick analysis<\/a> says the Cowboys are getting “juice off the edge” with the Barham selection and says his speed is “an amazing asset.”<\/p>\n

“Combining Barham with first-rounder Malachi Lawrence immediately boosts the speed of a defense that far too often looked outpaced by offenses last season,” Miller writes.<\/p>\n

Friday, Lawrence made his first visit to Cowboys headquarters in Frisco, as did first pick Caleb Downs. WFAA’s Ultimate Dallas Sports Show covered Downs’ arrival.<\/p>\n

Check back for updates and watch the remainder of the NFL Draft on WFAA for more Cowboys draft coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Barham selection further shows Cowboys commitment to address need to rush opposing quarterbacks and maintain edges. DALLAS \u2014…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":265432,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":{"0":"post-265431","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-dallas","9":"tag-dallas-headlines","10":"tag-dallas-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265431","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=265431"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265431\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/265432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}