How Cowboys' DeMarvion Overshown returned from knee injury - ESPN

FRISCO, Texas — DeMarvion Overshown knew it was bad.

«Going down, I felt all the ligaments tearing one by one by one,» the Dallas Cowboys linebacker said, remembering what happened with 12:49 left in the fourth quarter of the Dec. 9, 2024, game against the Cincinnati Bengals.

Confirmation would come the next morning after an MRI, but Overshown knew. He did not need to see the replay of his right knee getting caved in by a Bengals offensive lineman on a 2-yard run to the left.

The ACL and MCL were torn. The posterior cruciate ligament was ripped from the bone. Only the lateral collateral ligament was still attached.

Overshown could not move his leg. He was in pain, but the pounding of his fist on the turf was more about disappointment. As Cowboys medical staff members made their way to Overshown, he had one request: no medical cart.

«If this is going to be the last time I'm on the field, I want to be able to walk off,» Overshown said. «I don't want no cart because this is it for the 2024 season for me.»

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Until that moment, it had been quite the season for the 2023 third-round draft pick.

Overshown was the Cowboys' second-leading tackler and had become the third Cowboy since 1982 to record at least five sacks, an interception (which he returned for a touchdown), a fumble recovery and a forced fumble in the same season, joining DeMarcus Ware (2006) and Greg Ellis (1999).

On the slow walk to the locker room, his thoughts immediately turned to 2025.

With his left arm draped over director of team security Cable Johnson and his right arm over