Last year the Dallas Cowboys spent their first-round draft pick, 28th overall, on defensive end Taco Charlton. After going through rookie growing pains, a second-year leap in production could help the defense become one of the best units in the NFL.
Taco didn’t have any starts and played sparingly in his first season. As most rookies do, he struggled to adjust to the NFL and dominate like he did at Michigan. After getting zero sacks as a freshman, he got 3.5 as a sophomore, 5.5 as a junior, then 9.5 as a senior.
The Cowboys are hoping that year to year improvement will continue with Charlton, as he only had 3.