Former Rams draft pick joins Cowboys
Robert Rochell is headed to Dallas. The former Rams cornerback, a fourth round pick out of Central Arkansas in 2021, is signing a free agent contract with the Cowboys according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The move for Rochell comes after spending the last two seasons with the Green Bay Packers, but Rochell has barely seen the field in the past three years.
After making five starts as a rookie in L.A., Rochell is just hanging onto his career by a thread and the Cowboys will give him one more lifeline.
Another new home for another former Packers cornerback: Free-agent CB Robert Rochell reached agreement today on a one-year deal with the Dallas Cowboys, per agent Kevin Conner of @UniSportsMgmt. pic.twitter.com/GpUZtR3iKK
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 18, 2025
An athletic marvel, Rochell clocked a 4.41 40-yard dash and 43” vertical at 5’11, 193 lbs at the 2021 combine. He also had a broad jump over 11 feet and ran the three-cone in 6.84 seconds. This was enough for the Rams to draft Rochell in the fourth round despite playing at “mid-major” Central Arkansas.
Rochell played 234 defensive snaps as a rookie and had a great opportunity to earn a starting role as a cornerback on the 2022 team, especially given all of L.A.’s struggles that year, but he played just 26 snaps over 17 games. He was waived in 2023 and spent time on the practice squads for the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers prior to joining the Packers that October.
Rochell has played in just one snap over the past two years combined, but was a semi-regular on special teams. He now joins a Cowboys team with a lot of competition, but can he make the 53?
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