Turpin caught all three of his targets for 51 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's loss to the Ravens. He also added one yard on his lone carry. Turpin's first offensive TD of the season came late in the fourth quarter on a 16-yard pass from Dak Prescott as the Cowboys furiously tried to rally from a 21-6 halftime deficit. With Brandin Cooks struggling, Turpin's role on offense could continue to increase, but his main value to Dallas comes in the return game -- he has 165 total return yards through three games, including a Week 1 punt-return touchdown.
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Status
ACTIVELatest KaVontae Turpin news
Team
Dallas Cowboys
Birthdate
8/2/1996 (28)
Status
Active
HT/WT
5'9", 153 lbs
Birthplace
Monroe, LA, USA
Position
WR
College
TCU
Experience
3 seasons
Career History
Dallas Cowboys
2022-Present
(3 seasons)
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DraftKings points 3.2FanDuel Points 2.8REC 1.0REC YDS 13.1LNG 7.4TD 0.2CBSS fantasy points 2.3ESPN fantasy points 2.3Yahoo fantasy points 2.7
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Full season projectionsREC 17.0REC YDS 164.7LNG 16.0
Turpin caught all three of his targets for 51 yards and a touchdown in Sunday's loss to the Ravens. He also added one yard on his lone carry. Turpin's first offensive TD of the season came late in the fourth quarter on a 16-yard pass from Dak Prescott as the Cowboys furiously tried to rally from a 21-6 halftime deficit. With Brandin Cooks struggling, Turpin's role on offense could continue to increase, but his main value to Dallas comes in the return game -- he has 165 total return yards through three games, including a Week 1 punt-return touchdown.
Turpin failed to catch his only target but produced 130 return yards in Sunday's win over the Browns, including a 60-yard punt return for a touchdown. It's the first career return TD for the dynamic 28-year-old. Turpin's 96 punt return yards Sunday already exceeds his total from all of 2023, and he took advantage of the NFL's new rules to jet 34 yards on his lone kickoff return. The big performance will likely remind other teams why they stopped kicking the ball to Turpin last year, but as he has shown in his cameos on offense -- four TDs in only 27 career touches -- he's capable of scoring anytime he gets the ball in his hands.
Turpin didn't see action in any of Dallas' three preseason games this year. That's good news for the TCU product, as Turpin is locked in as the Cowboys' top kick returner and had nothing to prove during the exhibition schedule. Teams avoided putting the ball in Turpin's hands last year, and his total return yards dropped from 811 in his rookie campaign to 371 in 2023, but the NFL's new kickoff rules should give the 28-year-old more opportunities to break away for his first career kick return touchdown. With CeeDee Lamb still holding out and Brandin Cooks (knee) not 100 percent at the end of training camp, Turpin could also see more snaps on offense early in the season after he scored four TDs on only 23 offensive touches last year.
The second-year return man continues to get occasional usage on offense as the Cowboys try to take advantage of his speed and elusiveness, and Turpin's lone grab Thursday produced the team's final offensive score of the afternoon. It's his third receiving TD of the season and fourth overall on just 18 touches, and while that volume doesn't give him a lot of utility in many fantasy leagues, he's provided some value in deeper best-ball leagues.
Turpin was never able to get on the practice field during Week 10 prep and was believed to be trending toward an absence as a result, and that is now officially confirmed. With the speedy reserve wideout and primary returner out of action Sunday, rookies Jalen Brooks and Deuce Vaughn are in line to fill his No. 5 receiver role and special-teams duties, respectively, versus New York.
The second-year speedster took his lone kickoff return 48 yards to set up a Jake Ferguson TD late in the first quarter, and Dak Prescott then rewarded Turpin with a score of his own on the Cowboys' next possession. The 27-year-old hasn't seen more than two touches in a game on offense since Week 2, but Turpin's gotten into the end zone three times on 14 total touches this season and he remains a threat to take the ball to the house every time he gets his hands on it.