Cowboys NFL Free Agency Reunions: Chidobe Awuzie against Stephon Gilmore?
Frisco – A couple of veteran cornerbacks with links to the Dallas Cowboys are poised to enter NFL free agency, and considering that the team is searching for a “extra” player at the position, we wonder whether there is more than one “known quantity” available for a reunion at the Star.
Stephon Gilmore is now a free agency, and while some regard his retention as “critical” with fellow CB Trevon Diggs recovering from a broken ACL, they appear to be forgetting that Gilmore is also in rehab. His courageous decision to play in the playoff defeat to Green Bay despite a fractured shoulder says eloquently about him…
However, it obviously implies that the previous Defensive Player of the Year, who will be 34 years
Awuzie was a legitimate top corner in 2021 after leaving Dallas for Cincinnati. He tore his ACL a few years ago, which appears to have had an influence on him. However, he is six years younger than Gilmore, and while he was never a “star” after being picked in the second round from Colorado by the Cowboys in 2017, Awuzie played as an ironman in his first four seasons in Dallas before heading to Cincinnati in 2021.
And in the first year? He started 14 games and recorded 64 total tackles, four tackles for loss (a career best), 14 pass breakups, and two interceptions. Then followed a downturn owing to injuries. What about last year? Awuzie started 10 of 15 games with Cincinnati, totaling 57 tackles, two tackles for loss, six pass breakups, and a forced fumble.
