© Kyle Terada-USA TODAY SportsJamize Olawale's time with the Cowboys is coming to an end.
Jamize Olawale opted out of last season due to COVID-19 concerns. He will now need to find a new team. The Cowboys released the veteran fullback Wednesday.
The move will free up a bit of cap space ($1.1M) but leave Dallas with more in dead money ($1.2M). The Cowboys previously extended Olawale in 2019, signing him through the 2021 season.
An eight-year veteran whom the Cowboys acquired from the Raiders in 2018, Olawale plans to play next season, according to the Dallas Morning News' Michael Gehlken.
While it will not be a lock Olawale catches on elsewhere, considering he plays a fringe position and will turn 32 next month, he has managed to sign a few NFL contracts. The Raiders landed Olawale as a UDFA in 2012 and extended him in 2015. He did not make it to Year 1 of the team's Jon Gruden regime, being traded to Dallas during an offseason that sent Cowboys fullback Keith Smith to the Raiders. The Cowboys re-signed Olawale to a three-year, $5.4M deal in March 2019.
This move comes after the Cowboys restructured the contracts of Tyron Smith, Zack Martin and La'el Collins, creating around $17M in cap space.
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