Cowboys Sign DE Geathers

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Posted by nickeatman at 12/8/2010 3:40 PM CST

The Cowboys are continuing to churn the bottom of the roster, making yet another move Wednesday afternoon.

The club signed defensive end Clifton Geathers, who was cut by the Seahawks on Tuesday. Geathers, a rookie from South Carolina, has been with four teams now, starting out with Cleveland, before going to the Dolphins, Seattle and now the Cowboys.

To make room, the Cowboys waived Jeremy Clark, who signed with the club back in mid-November when the Cowboys were struggling to find some end depth.

Clark played in the first two games, was dressed out but didn’t play against New Orleans and was inactive last week against the Colts.

Earlier in the day, the Cowboys signed LB Kenwin Cummings to fill the open roster spot left behind when Dez Bryant was placed on IR.

 

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South Carolina DL Clifton Geathers' arms measured in at 36 3/4 inches at the Gamecocks' Pro Day.

Geathers, who stood on his 4.96 forty time, also has whopping 11 1/8-inch hands -- bigger than Alabama man child Terrence Cody's. A college underachiever, Geathers will be viewed as an extremely high-upside project, likely by 3-4 teams as a defensive end. He's a middle-round prospect.
Source: NFL.com

Defensive end Clifton Geathers is heading to the NFL after his junior season. He thinks his showing Wednesday could've improved his position from a late-round pick to perhaps as high as the third round.

Geathers' pedigree can't hurt. His brother, Robert Geathers, is a starting defensive lineman for the Cincinnati Bengals and his uncle, Jumpy Geathers, was a longtime NFL standout.

"I've been trying my best, doing what the coaches ask me to do and being myself," Clifton Geathers said. The draft process has been a "great experience, the experience of a lifetime," he said.

 

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I remember seeing this guy during the combine. He's a big one. I thought he'd make a nice late round pick.

 

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I like the idea of churning our roster . . . but the fact that three other teams have already cut him in such a short time is an obvious red flag.

 

[LAZARUS_LOGAN]

I like the idea of churning our roster . . . but the fact that three other teams have already cut him in such a short time is an obvious red flag.

Definitely.