OXNARD, Calif. -- Not much went right for Mazi Smith in his rookie year with the Dallas Cowboys in 2023.
The defensive tackle was credited with 15 tackles, one sack and two tackles for loss. He played 304 of 1,070 snaps and four in the playoff loss to the Green Bay Packers for a defense that badly needed help stopping the run. He was listed at 328 pounds but dipped closer to 295 pounds by the time the season ended.
He paid dearly for not producing the way the Cowboys' previous three first-round picks -- WR CeeDee Lamb, LB Micah Parsons and OT Tyler Smith -- had.