Cowboys' Depth Chart, NFL Salary Cap, Future Draft Picks After Schottenheimer Hire

The Dallas Cowboys officially named offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer as their new head coach on Friday evening.

With that, here's a look at how the Cowboys currently stand via their two-deep depth chart, salary cap situation and future draft picks.

Depth chart information is via the team's official website, with adjustments made to account for players who are not under contract in 2025. Over the Cap is the source for salary cap figures.

An asterisk denotes the player is an impending free agent.

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Offense (2-Deep)

QB: Dak Prescott, Cooper Rush*

RB: Rico Dowdle*, Deuce Vaughn

WR: CeeDee Lamb, Jalen Brooks

WR: Brandin Cooks*, KaVontae Turpin*

WR: Jalen Tolbert, Ryan Flournoy

TE: Jake Ferguson, Luke Schoonmaker

LT: Tyler Guyton, Chuma Edoga*

LG: Tyler Smith, T.J. Bass

C: Cooper Beebe, Brock Hoffman*

RG: Zack Martin*, T.J. Bass

RT: Terence Steele, Chuma Edoga*

FB: Hunter Luepke

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Defense

DE: Chauncey Gholston*, Marshawn Kneeland

NT: Mazi Smith, Linval Joseph*

DT: Osa Odighizuma*, Carlos Watkins*

DE: Micah Parsons, Carl Lawson*

LB: Marist Liufau, Damone Clark

LB: Eric Kendricks*, Nick Vigil*

LB: DeMarvion Overshown, Buddy Johnson

CB: Trevon Diggs, C.J. Goodwin*

NCB: Jourdan Lewis*, Israel Mukuamu*

CB: DaRon Bland, Caelen Carson

S: Donovan Wilson, Markquese Bell*

S: Malik Hooker, Juanyeh Thomas*

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Special Teams

K: Brandon Aubrey

P: Bryan Anger

LS: Trent Sieg*

KR: KaVontae Turpin*

PR: KaVontae Turpin*

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Salary Cap

Per Over the Cap, Dallas is currently $285,056 over the 2025 cap of $272,500,000. Taking effective cap space into account, though, Dallas is $4,471,037 over the cap. Over the Cap defines effective cap space as "the cap space a team will have after signing at least 51 players and its projected rookie class to its roster."

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Draft Picks

Here's a look at the team's 2025 draft picks, per Marcus Mosher of Locked on Cowboys.

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The Cowboys were in the market for a new head coach after parting ways with Mike McCarthy, whose five-year contract expired after this season.

Schottenheimer was the Cowboys' offensive coordinator under McCarthy each of the past two years. He's taking on a tough task in Dallas, overseeing a team that hasn't been to the NFC Championship Game since 1995, the longest drought in the conference. He also has to lead a team in a brutally tough NFC East that features this year's conference championship game participants, the Philadelphia Eagles and Washington Commanders.

The Cowboys just endured a disappointing 7-10 season in which the team missed the playoffs by four games. They still retain some of the talent, though, that led to back-to-back-to-back 12-win seasons from 2021-2023.

Dallas will get a boost in the form of quarterback Dak Prescott, who will return from a midseason hamstring injury that ended his season. The Cowboys also have a couple superstars in wide receiver CeeDee Lamb and linebacker Micah Parsons.

But this roster needs improvements on both sides of the ball. Dallas largely had a quiet offseason in 2024 in terms of bringing in outside talent, and the Cowboys really can't afford another similar one in 2025. The problem is that Dallas has a tough cap situation to navigate right now, although the team will have 10 draft picks, including No. 12 overall.

Ultimately, it's up to Schottenheimer to turn this team around. He'll be officially introduced to the public as Dallas' head coach on Monday.