Andre Fuller of the Toledo Rockets will get a closer draft look by the Dallas Cowboys.
Andre Fuller of the Toledo Rockets will get a closer draft look by the Dallas Cowboys.
While much has been made, mainly by the Cowboys themselves, of the fact that Dallas will enter the 2026 draft with two first-round picks, at No. 12 and No. 20, the fact is that beyond those two selections, things dry up pretty fast on the team’s big board.
The Cowboys are slated to make two Day One picks, but they have no picks remaining from their Day Two allotment. They included the second-round pick for this year in the deal with the Jets that brought back Quinnen Williams, and sent away the third-rounder for George Pickens. Both of those players were excellent in 2025, and are expected to be cornerstones in 2026–in other words, there’s no regrets in not having Day Two picks for Dallas.
But this team badly needs depth, and after the first-rounders, the Cowboys have a fourth-round pick, two fifth-rounders (depending on how compensatory picks work out) and two seventh-rounders. The Cowboys will need to pound the pavement to find useful pieces at the back end of the draft, and that’s why a bit of news on Wednesday was eye-catching: The Cowboys are holding a private workout for draft prospect Andrew Fuller, a cornerback from Toledo.
Andre Fuller Caught Cowboys Attention at NFL Draft Combine
Fuller caught some attention at the NFL combine when he ran a very respectable 4.40 40-yard dash, which ranked No. 14 among cornerbacks. Certainly, the Cowboys, along with the Buffalo Bills, took notice.
Writes NFL analyst Ryan Fowler on Twitter/X, “Source: The Dallas Cowboys and Buffalo Bills each have a private workout scheduled with Toledo DB Andre Fuller (6’1”, 201). Ran 4.49 (1.56 10) in Indy & jumped 10’9”in the broad. First-team All-MAC in ‘25.”
Andre Fuller Missed 2024 With Sports Hernia
Fuller would be a very good story if he can make an NFL roster–perhaps the Cowboys–because he nearly gave up on his football career back in 2024. He was lined up to be a starter for Toledo after switching from safety. The guy he would be replacing, Quinyon Mitchell, had done well for himself, landing as a first-round pick of the Eagles.
But Fuller suffered a sports hernia and wound up sitting out the entire season. He told the Toledo Blade he was considering going into his father’s real estate business.
“A thought that was running through my mind was that opportunities like this don’t come by every day, so having that happen to me was a really big disappointment,” Fuller said. “I just thought that my moment passed me by and was wondering if I would ever come back the same.”
Cowboys’ Christian Parker Has Connection
Now, though, the Cowboys are giving him a look, and given new defensive coordinator Christian Parker’s connection to Mitchell (he was his position coach with the Eagles for the past two seasons), it’s no accident that the Cowboys have an interest.
Certainly, the hope was that the Cowboys could quietly establish a connection with Fuller, who is projected to be a late-round draft pick (a sixth-rounder, per Pro Football Focus) and is considered a sleeper-type prospect. Of course, private post-combine workouts are going to draw attention across the league, so the fact that the Fuller workout has been made public probably will torpedo his status as a sleeper.
Still, he is a name to watch in the weeks ahead.