Over the years, the Cowboys have done an outstanding job in the second phase of the draft process. Once all 256 picks are made, spread across seven rounds, the race to secure prospects who weren’t selected begins. The undrafted free agents (UDFAs) can often times take a draft from mediocre to good or from good to outstanding.

Dallas has had their share of UDFA success stories, with of course the most famous being Eastern Illinois’ Tony Romo in 2003. Upon his retirement last year, Romo essentially holds every major Cowboys passing record.

On the current roster, stars such as Slot WR Cole Beasley and K Dan “Split’Em” Bailey were both UDFA additions. Last season, the Cowboys brought in QB Cooper Rush and TE Blake Jarwin. Both are expected to be key players in 2018.

La’El Collins was a UDFA in 2015, as was David Irving, whom the Cowboys poached from the Kansas City Chiefs practice squad that same season.

Barry Church and Ron Leary were UDFAs who signed elsewhere in 2017 and got the Cowboys fourth-round compensatory picks in this year’s draft.

Teams start contacting potential UDFAs during the draft’s sixth and seventh rounds, gauging interest from their agents should the player go undrafted.

As always, this list will be populated based on reports of players being signed. Often times, this works out but sometimes the team is left at the alter like a few years ago with Thomas Rawls out of Central Michigan.

Incidentally, some reports will be misinterpreted by the person reporting. Players are often invited to rookie minicamp (either next weekend or the one following) and then announce they’ve been signed by the team.

Who will be part of this year’s crop for Dallas? We’ll cover them all right here.

Check back often as this list will be continuously updated!