Cowboys news: Jourdan Lewis discusses his upcoming …..

With the 2024 calendar year now in the history books and the regular season nearing its conclusion for the Dallas Cowboys, it’s impossible to quantify the impact of certain players in a year that was decimated by all manner of adversity, and Jourdan Lewis is one such player.

Despite it all, the veteran cornerback has not only been a vocal mentor and leader within the locker room, but also one of the best players on any side of the ball in Dallas — turning his one-year contract extension into a Pro Bowl caliber campaign.

So it’s a no-brainer that the Cowboys want him to stay put when free agency arrives.

“Jourdan’s just an uber competitor,” said executive vice president and director of player personnel Stephen Jones. “He’s a guy who’s out of contract, and obviously a guy that we want to have back on this football team.

Lewis is, to this point in his career, a lifer with the Cowboys who has proven to be, well, coordinator-proof.

He originally joined the organization at their third-round pick in 2017 and clawed his way from a rotational role under then defensive coordinator Rod Marinelli and passing game coordinator Kris Richard to that of a starter, going on to become the team’s lone ballhawk in the pre-Trevon Diggs and pre-DaRon Bland era.

And he’s done it from the nickel corner position, also demonstrating versatility whenever asked to move to the boundary due to injury at the position.

From Marinelli to Mike Nolan to Dan Quinn and now to Mike Zimmer, his only downturn came by way of injury.

Having fought his way back in 2023 from an emotional career-threatening injury — a shattered foot that left him with no arch and, as such, he requires a custom cleat each week — Lewis made good on his initial three-year contract extension, leading to the latest he was awarded in 2024.