FRISCO, Texas – The Cowboys have agreed to terms with two players that participated in workouts last week for the team in former Packers CB Robert Rochell and former UFL Birmingham Stallions DT Perrion Winfrey.
The corresponding moves the Cowboys made in order to sign Rochell and Winfrey were waiving DT Justin Rogers and CB Luq Barcoo.
Rochell, 27, is entering his fifth year in the league and will now join his sixth different team. The Los Angeles Rams selected Rochell out of Central Arkansas in the fourth round of the 2021 NFL Draft, where he spent the first two years of his career.
In his rookie season, Rochell played in 11 games and tallied 14 tackles, four pass defenses and an interception before being placed on injured reserve in December of 2021, just months before the Rams won Super Bowl LVI making him a Super Bowl champion. In 2022, he played in all 17 games for the Rams, primarily on special teams.
In February of 2023, Rochell was involved in a serious car accident when his car was hit by a speeding vehicle, causing severe injuries including what Rochell claims was a fractured elbow, knee and head injuries, nerve damage, and more.
Rochell was able to make it back to the field following the accident, but was cut by the Rams in August of 2023 and spent some time on the Seattle Seahawks and Carolina Panthers practice squads in 2023 before the Packers signed him to their roster in October of 2023.
In his two seasons with the Packers, Rochell spent all but one of his 234 snaps on special teams in 20 games with the team, moving back and forth from the active roster and the practice squad.
Winfrey, 24, was a fourth-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft by the Cleveland Browns, where he spent his rookie season before being waived and joining the New York Jets practice squad for the 2024 season.
Before coming to the NFL, Winfrey was rated as the top junior college prospect in the country after two seasons at Iowa Western before transferring to Oklahoma, where he named to two-time second team All-Big 12. In the pre-draft process, Winfrey was named the MVP of the 2022 Senior Bowl in Mobile.
In his two seasons playing in the NFL, Winfrey appeared in 14 games and tallied 25 tackles, a tackle for loss and half a sack to go along with two pass deflections.
The UFL's Birmingham Stallions signed Winfrey in October of 2024, and he was named to the 2025 All-UFL team after tallying 29 tackles, two tackles for loss and a sack last season. Winfrey is the third player the Cowboys have signed from the UFL in recent years, joining KaVontae Turpin and another former Birmingham Stallion in Brandon Aubrey.
Both Rochell and Winfrey give the Cowboys depth at two positions Dallas desperately needs it at in cornerback and defensive tackle as the team prepares to head to Oxnard for training camp next month.
