Nate Thomas: Everything you need to know

Coach Brian Schottenheimer said Thursday that Thomas and Tyler Guyton are competing for the starting job at left tackle this offseason, Nick Harris of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports. Thomas was a seventh-round pick out of Louisiana in 2024. After missing his entire rookie season with a knee injury, Thomas appeared in all 17 regular-season games last season and made four starts while seeing most of his action at left tackle. Guyton missed the final six weeks of the 2025 season with a knee injury, allowing Thomas an extended run at the position.

Thomas (knee) was participating fully in training camp Wednesday, Tyler Reed of Sports Illustrated reports. Thomas missed his entire rookie year with a knee injury, but is now healthy and competing for the interim left tackle job with Tyler Guyton (knee) out 4-to-6 weeks. The Louisiana native has impressed so far, standing his ground in drills against some of the Cowboys' top pass rushers such as Marshawn Kneeland and Donovan Ezeiruaku.

Thomas (undisclosed) was placed on injured reserve by the Cowboys on Tuesday. Thomas picked up an undisclosed injury somewhere along the road this offseason and he'll now be forced to sit out the 2024 season as a result. The 23-year-old was selected in the seventh round of the 2024 NFL Draft and he'll have to wait until 2025 to make his debut.