Cowboys Starting Lineup 2026

The Cowboys start Dak Prescott at quarterback, Javonte Williams at running back and Jake Ferguson at tight end. CeeDee Lamb, George Pickens and Ryan Flournoy start at receiver. Week 5, from the depth chart the team filed (as of 2026-10-06) and the injury report (as of 2026-10-08). 1 starter is out this week, so the next man up is listed in his spot.

Cowboys offense

Pos	Starter	Next up
QB	Dak Prescott	Sam Howell
RB	Javonte Williams	Tyler Goodson
WR	CeeDee Lamb
WR	George Pickens
WR	Ryan Flournoy	KaVontae Turpin
TE	Jake Ferguson	Brevyn Spann-Ford
LT	Tyler Guyton
LG	T.J. Bass	Tyler Smith
C	Cooper Beebe	Nick Leverett
RG	Tyler Booker	Ajani Cornelius
RT	Terence Steele	Broderick Jones

Cowboys defense

Pos	Starter	Next up
LDE	Quinnen Williams	LT Overton
NT	Otito Ogbonnia
RDE	Kenny Clark	Elijah Garcia
SLB	Donovan Ezeiruaku	Malachi Lawrence
LILB	Jaishawn Barhamin for DeMarvion OvershownOUT
RILB	Dee Winters	Shemar James
WLB	Rashan Gary	Von Miller
LCB	Joey Porter Jr.	Caelen Carson
RCB	DaRon Bland	Ameer Speed
FS	Malik Hooker	Juanyeh Thomas
SS	Caleb Downs	Markquese Bell

Special teams

Pos	Starter	Next up
K	Brandon Aubrey
P	Bryan Anger
LS	Trent Sieg
KR	KaVontae Turpin
PR	KaVontae Turpin	Caleb Downs

Base personnel: three receivers and one tight end on offense; on defense, the base front plus the slot corner when the base set is short of 11. Rebuilt every Tuesday with the depth chart.

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Source: the depth chart each team files with the league, via nflverse, and the official injury report. Player links go to the StickToTheModel profile.