Malachi Lawrence
Dallas CowboysPos DE
Updated August 24, 2026
Draft & College
Round 1, pick 23 · Dallas Cowboys · 2026
UCF (Big 12)
Taken
#23
where he actually went
Consensus board
44th
average of the public big boards that spring
Our board
76th
where we had him ranked
Our college model
#578
among EDGE in our college data
He went earlier than consensus.
In college · 2023-2025 · 36 games
17.5 sacks, 26 TFL, 30 pressures, 67 tackles
Covers the college seasons in our data, which does not always reach back to a player's first year.
Coming out
9.95
RAS
4.52s
40 yd
40"
Vertical
130"
Broad
What this pick usually becomes
Of the 220 players taken as a late first-rounder between 2012 and 2021, 70% earned a second contract and 72% became starters. The median one started 58 career games.