Phil Mafah injury update: Cowboys will place RB on injured reserve with plans to return for 2025 season

Roster moves are being made around the league as the preseason ends and the season is less than two weeks from starting in the NFL. That includes in Dallas, with the Cowboys making a decision that’ll better define their depth chart at running back. Per reporting by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Dallas is placing RB Phil […]

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Roster moves are being made around the league as the preseason ends and the season is less than two weeks from starting in the NFL. That includes in Dallas, with the Cowboys making a decision that’ll better define their depth chart at running back.

Per reporting by ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler, Dallas is placing RB Phil Mafah on injured reserve. He will be back at some point this season, though, per according to Fowler.

“The #Cowboys will place rookie RB Phil Mafah (shoulder) on Injured Reserve, per sources,” Fowler tweeted this evening. “The plan is for him to return during the season. Mafah had 15 carries for 59 yards and one touchdown in the preseason.”

Mafah was a seventh-round pick by the Cowboys in the 2025 NFL Draft. He was one of the final selections of the event at No. 239 overall out of 257 selections back in April.

This report will be updated further

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