Dallas Cowboys

Every NFL player the encyclopedia attributes to the Dallas Cowboysfrom profile season records, grouped by position, first season to last. Coverage follows the encyclopedia’s per-era source depth (complete 1999+, legend-era via validated Wikipedia/NFL.com grids).

Every position room Dallas Cowboys has passed down, steadiest first. The QB room is their most stable — 6 holders across 41 years, a new one every 6.8 on average.

1. QB6 holders · 5 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 6.8y
   Steve Pelluer1985–1988→Troy Aikman1989–2000→Quincy Carter2001–2003→Drew Bledsoe2005–2006→Tony Romo2005–2016→Dak Prescott2016–2025
2. Specialists6 holders · 5 handoffs · 1985–2025 · one every 6.8y
   Mike Saxon1985–1992→Toby Gowin1997–2003→Mat McBriar2004–2011→Dan Bailey2011–2017→Brett Maher2018–2022→Bryan Anger2021–2025
3. TE7 holders · 6 handoffs · 1990–2025 · one every 5.1y
   Jay Novacek1990–1995→Scott Galbraith1993–1997→Eric Bjornson1995–1999→David LaFleur1997–2000→Jason Witten2003–2019→Dalton Schultz2018–2022→Jake Ferguson2022–2025
4. RB13 holders · 12 handoffs · 1980–2024 · one every 3.5y
   Timmy Newsome1980–1988→Herschel Walker1986–1997→Daryl Johnston1989–1999→Tommie Agee1990–1994→Emmitt Smith1990–2002→Sherman Williams1995–1998→Troy Hambrick2000–2003→Julius Jones2004–2007→Marion Barber2005–2010→Felix Jones2008–2012→DeMarco Murray2011–2014→Ezekiel Elliott2016–2024→Tony Pollard2019–2023
5. WR26 holders · 25 handoffs · 1981–2025 · one every 1.7y
   Doug Donley1981–1984→Kelvin Martin1987–1996→Michael Irvin1988–1999→Alvin Harper1991–1999→Kevin R. Williams1993–1996→Raghib Ismail1999–2001→Joey Galloway2000–2003→Antonio Bryant2002–2003→Terry Glenn2003–2007→Keyshawn Johnson2004–2005→Patrick Crayton2004–2009→Terrell Owens2006–2008→Miles Austin2007–2013→Roy Williams2008–2010→Dez Bryant2010–2017→Laurent Robinson2011→Cole Beasley2012–2018→Terrance Williams2013–2018→Noah Brown2017–2022→Amari Cooper2018–2021→Michael Gallup2018–2023→CeeDee Lamb2020–2025→Jalen Tolbert2022–2025→KaVontae Turpin2022–2025→Brandin Cooks2023–2024→George Pickens2025
6. LB30 holders · 29 handoffs · 1989–2025 · one every 1.2y
   Jack Del Rio1989–1991→Ken Norton1989–1993→Vinson Smith1991–1997→Robert Jones1992–1995→Darrin Smith1993–1996→Fred Strickland1996–1998→Randall Godfrey1996–1999→Dexter Coakley1997–2004→Dat Nguyen1999–2005→Alshermond Singleton2003–2006→Bradie James2003–2011→Kevin Burnett2005–2008→DeMarcus Ware2005–2013→Akin Ayodele2006–2007→Anthony Spencer2007–2014→Keith Brooking2009–2011→Victor Butler2009–2012→Sean Lee2010–2020→Bruce Carter2011–2014→Kyle Wilber2012–2017→Justin Durant2013–2017→Rolando McClain2014–2015→Anthony Hitchens2014–2017→DeMarcus Lawrence2014–2024→Damien Wilson2015–2018→Randy Gregory2015–2021→Jaylon Smith2017–2021→Leighton Vander Esch2018–2023→Micah Parsons2021–2024→Damone Clark2022–2025

+2 more rooms with a shorter average hold.

Room tenures, not starting jobs — the corpus has no per-season depth chart, so holders can overlap (a successor often arrives before his predecessor leaves) and the measure is how often the room changed hands. A holder is a player who produced real value for this club during his years here, which is what separates holding the room from being on the roster. Detected from per-season VAL (1980–2025 here; league coverage is complete from 1999) — rooms the corpus cannot value are not shown.