Cowboys agree to terms with CB Derion Kendrick
The Cowboys are signing cornerback Derion Kendrick to a one-year deal, Tom Pelissero of NFL Media reports.
Kendrick, 25, spent time with the Rams and Seahawks last season, playing a total of 15 games. He totaled 10 tackles, two interceptions and five passes defensed while seeing action on 135 defensive snaps and 112 on special teams.
The Rams made Kendrick a sixth-round pick in 2022.
He missed all of the 2024 season with a torn ACL, but in four seasons, Kendrick has appeared in 47 games with 18 starts. He has recorded 102 tackles, three interceptions and 19 passes defensed.
Kendrick has not started a game since 2023.
Cowboys ink former Rams, Seahawks corner, 2x CFB national champion
The Dallas Cowboys are continuing their pursuit of the right fits for their new secondary under first-time defensive coordinator Christian Parker. While free agency has slowed some, the team is still adding players to the mix, the latest being cornerback Derion Kendrick.
The former sixth-round pick out of Georgia has spent two stints with the Los Angeles Rams, with some time on the Seattle Seahawks as well, and will now join Parker’s secondary as the Cowboys continue their overhaul.
Kendrick is a member of not one, but two college football national championship clubs. As a freshman in 2018, he appeared in 15 games for Dabo Sweeney’s Clemson Tigers. He transferred as a senior to Kirby Smart’s Georgia Bulldogs who won the championship in 2021. He’s worked under Sean McVay and Mike McDonald in the pros, making a total of 4 championship-winning head coaches on his resume.
He’ll now try to bring some of that luster with him under second-year head coach Brian Schottenheimer.
Kendrick had two interceptions last season, but in his stint with the Seahawks, including one in the end zone off of Aaron Rodgers, but he eventually fell out of favor and was released, latching right back on with the Rams who had released him at the end of training camp.
This is an interesting signing for the Cowboys, as Kendrick had missed the entire 2024 season with a knee injury, and they’ll be getting a player who had a promising start to his career now two years removed from Kendrick’s torn ACL that was suffered in training camp.
The Cowboys signed Kendrick’s teammate, Cobie Durant, earlier in the offseason as they continue to round out their cornerback depth. The team also brought back Corey Ballentine on Monday, to compete with Caelen Carson, Reddy Steward, Josh Butler and others as depth behind Daron Bland and Shavon Revel.