IRVING, Texas -- Of the Dallas Cowboys' free-agent signings so far, Benson Mayowa is the biggest mystery.
He has just two sacks in his first three seasons and he is hardly a household name. But senior director of college and pro personnel Will McClay knows him well and the Cowboys are banking on McClay’s track record of finding under-the-radar help in the past with Mayowa.
The Cowboys weren’t going to get into the high-stakes games in free agency, so Olivier Vernon was out. They had never before ventured into restricted free agency, but they were able to land Mayowa after the Oakland Raiders declined to match the three-year, $8.