FRISCO, Texas – The Cowboys have agreed to terms on a one-year deal with offensive lineman Matt Hennessy.
Hennessy, 28, performed in all 17 video games for the 49ers in 2025, beginning in two. He joined San Francisco in 2024 after being signed off the Falcons’ apply squad.
Atlanta chosen Hennessy within the third spherical of the 2020 NFL Draft out of Temple, the place he earned first-team All-AAC honors and was a third-team All-American in 2019.
In his second season, Hennessy began all 17 video games for the Falcons at heart. The following 12 months in 2022, he suffered a knee harm that positioned him on injured reserve till the final two video games of the season. In coaching camp of the 2023 season, Hennessy suffered one other knee harm and didn’t play in the course of the season.
After these 4 years in Atlanta, Hennessy spent a couple of months within the 2024 offseason with the Eagles and ultimately went again to Atlanta in September, becoming a member of the apply squad and ended up taking part in 4 video games. After he was signed again to the apply squad, the 49ers signed him to their lively roster in December of 2024.
Depth on the offensive line has turned out to be a vital space of the roster for the Cowboys lately, and Hennessy provides Dallas expertise taking part in each heart and guard.
Entering the offseason, two of the Cowboys’ most useful depth gamers on the offensive line in T.J. Bass and Brock Hoffman turned restricted free brokers. Dallas positioned a second-round tender on Bass, however elected not to place a young on Hoffman, making him an unrestricted free agent.
Should Hoffman elect to signal elsewhere in free company, Hennessy provides the Cowboys a participant with related expertise at a number of positions on the inside of the offensive line.
