The Dallas Cowboys went about fixing things along their offensive line in the right way this past spring. Faced with a deteriorating group starting in 2024, they continued working on the position to ensure they would be able to better protect Dak Prescott. With the added stress from the retirement of future Hall of Famer Zack Martin, the team went about adding multiple players to find a solution to their needs.

Prior to drafting Alabama's Tyler Booker, the team added three players in free agency; ERFA Brock Hoffman along with Saahdiq Charles and Hakeem Adeniji. Adejini is an intriguing addition as he has both inside and outside versatility, but like Charles missed all of 2024. While Charles walked away from the game presumably healthy, Adeniji missed the season due to a preseason knee injury suffered while with the Cleveland Browns. He now seeks to become a premiere backup for a reconstructed Cowboys OL.

Rundown

EAST RUTHERFORD, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 21: Hakeem Adeniji #77 of the Cincinnati Bengals jogs toward the bench during the first half of a preseason game against the New York Giants at MetLife Stadium on August 21, 2022 in East Rutherford, New Jersey. (Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images)

Position: Offensive Line

Age: 27

Height: 6-foot-4

Weight: 315 pounds

Hometown: Garland, TX

High School: Garland

Draft: 2020 Sixth-round pick (No. 180 Overall)

Acquired: 2025 Free Agency

Contract: One-year contract (2025), $1.1 million

2025 Base Salary: $1.17 million

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Cleveland Browns offensive tackle Hakeem Adeniji (74) is helped off the field during the second half of an NFL preseason football game at Cleveland Browns Stadium, Saturday, Aug. 17, 2024, in Cleveland, Ohio.

Adeniji has started 15 games across his career, all at various positions over his first three years with the Cincinnati Bengals. He has played both guard and tackle, which could lead him to regular game-day rosters if he makes the Dallas 53 coming out of training camp.

His presence as a Top-8 lineman would allow Dallas to move players around to still present a best-five regardless of where an injury occurred.