Dallas Cowboys linebacker DeMarvion Overshown may miss the 2025 season as he recovers from a proper knee damage suffered in a loss to Cincinnati, coach Mike McCarthy stated Tuesday.
McCarthy stated Overshown has “an extended highway of rehabilitation forward of him.” The second-year participant tore a number of ligaments when a Bengals lineman crashed into his leg within the Cowboys’ 27-20 loss Monday evening.
Overshown missed his total rookie yr in 2023 after tearing the ACL in his left knee in a preseason recreation. The newest damage got here in his first recreation since a spectacular 23-yard interception return for a landing in a 27-20 victory over the New York Giants on Thanksgiving.
“DeMarvion is making ready for a serious surgical procedure forward of him,” McCarthy stated of the process deliberate this week. “His bodily and footballing expertise speaks for itself. He is such a vivid gentle. He has a incredible, infectious character, a troublesome younger man. We will certainly miss him.”
The former Texas standout, drafted within the third spherical final yr, was the second on the crew to cross rusher Micah Parsons with 5 sacks when he went down.
The timing of Overshown’s damage in December means his rehab is prone to lengthen past coaching camp and into subsequent yr’s common season, after he turns 25.
Parsons was emotional when requested about Overshown after the Cincinnati recreation.
“I cried,” she stated. “He’s like my little brother, little brother. He would not even deserve this. Just to know what he is going via and be there for him bodily, mentally. It’s so difficult due to the yr he was going via. Really however I do not suppose that is honest both .”
The lack of Overshown comes with defensive finish DeMarcus Lawrence near getting back from a foot damage that has sidelined him since Week 4. But the Cowboys (5-8) are all however out of the playoffs as they put together to go to Carolina (3- 10) on Sunday.
Associated Press reporting.
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