Cowboys officially add Dalvin Cook, assign jersey number as team rounds out practice squad

The Dallas Cowboys have officially rounded out their 17-man practice squad with a couple of Wednesday signings. Running back Dalvin Cook, announced by the media earlier this week has officially been added on to the club, starting the countdown for his debut.

On Thursday he was assigned a jersey number, No. 20, formerly worn by Tony Pollard in Dallas. In addition to bringing Cook aboard, the club added CB Amani Oruwariye and DT Phil Hoskins. Oruwariye, 6-foot-2, has been in the league since 2019, spending his first four seasons with Detroit. He was a member of the New York Giants and Jacksonville Jaguars’ practice squads the last two years and spent this summer with the Jaguars as well.

Hoskins is a former seventh-round pick of the Carolina Panthers in 2021 and spent two seasons in Charlotte. At 6-foot-5, 280 pounds he has also spent time with both Kansas City and Arizona.

The Cowboys are starting their preparation for their Week 1 matchup against the Cleveland Browns. The team whittled down their offseason roster to 53 on Tuesday and has spent the last two days working to fill out their practice squad. NFL rules allow for 16 players, but teams get an exemption to carry an International Pathway Program player.

For Dallas, that 17th man is defensive tackle Denzel Daxon.

Here’s a look at the entire practice squad.

RB Malik Davis

RB Dalvin Cook

TE Princeton Fant

WR Jalen Cropper

WR Kelvin Harmon

OC Dakoda Shepley

OL Josh Ball

DE Carl Lawson

DT Phil Hoskins

DT Denzel Daxon (IPP)

LB Darius Harris

LB Brock Mogensen

LB Nick Vigil

CB Kemon Hall

CB Josh Butler

CB Amani Oruwariye

Saf Emany Johnson