Dallas Cowboys acquire former second-round pick in trade with Carolina Panthers
The Dallas Cowboys have acquired wide receiver Jonathan Mingo and a 2025 seventh-round pick in exchange for a 2025 fourth-round pick, a source has confirmed. Tom Pelissero of NFL Network was the first to report.
Mingo, a second-round pick (No. 39 overall) in 2023, has 55 receptions for 539 yards and no touchdowns in 24 career games. With inconsistency at quarterback, Mingo never found his stride in Carolina. To make matters tougher for the Ole Miss product, the Panthers brought in rookie wide receiver Xavier Legette who has taken a lot of Mingo’s opportunities from a year ago.
At 6-foot-2, 220 pounds, Mingo adds physicality to a Cowboys receiving corps that has been pushed around by opposing secondaries this season, resulting in the Cowboys being near the top of the list in tight-window passing attempts on the season.
With veteran receiver Brandin Cooks eligible to come off the injured reserve list this week, the Cowboys could add two pass-catchers into the fold ahead of Cooper Rush’s first start since 2022 in replacement of the injured Dak Prescott. They join CeeDee Lamb, Jalen Tolbert, Jalen Brooks, KaVontae Turpin and Ryan Flournoy in the position room.
As a senior at Ole Miss, Mingo hauled in 51 receptions for 861 yards and five touchdowns in becoming a valued draft prospect. At the NFL Scouting Combine, Mingo caught attention with a 4.46 40-yard dash, a 39.5-inch vertical jump and a 10-foot-nine-inch broad jump.
On his weekly radio show on Tuesday morning, Cowboys owner and general manager Jerry Jones said that Mingo was somebody that the Cowboys liked during the draft process. The native of Brandon, Miss. was one of Dallas’ 30 allocated pre-draft visits before the 2023 selection process.
Jones also indicated that the Cowboys are “buyers, not sellers” ahead of Tuesday’s NFL trade deadline.
This story was originally published November 5, 2024 at 9:11 AM.
