Promising first round pick named Dallas Cowboys most underpaid player

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Getting good production from a player on a rookie deal is a cheat code in the NFL.That’s exactly what the Cowboys got from guard Tyler Booker in 2025.Booker started in 14 games for Dallas as a rookie last season and he was one of the highest-graded run-blocking guards in the entire league despite having a base salary of less than $1 million and a cap hit of just over $4 million.As a result, Booker was named Dallas' most underpaid player by Brad Gagnon of Bleacher Report."The 2025 first-round pick looks like a long-term fixture at guard in Dallas after a strong rookie campaign in which he earned the league's seventh-best qualified PFF run-blocking grade at that position. He'll count just $5.1 million against the cap in '26," Gagnon wrote. Dallas selected Booker with the No. 12 overall pick in the draft last year after a productive college career at Alabama that saw him named First-team All-SEC in 2023 and 2024. He was named to the PFWA All-Rookie Team after his first campaign with the Cowboys.This story will be updated. More NFL news: Seahawks make expected decisions on Jaxon Smith-Njigba, Devon WitherspoonUpdated Minnesota Vikings QB depth chart after Carson Wentz signingJerry Jones won't rule out a Maxx Crosby trade for CowboysTrey Hendrickson breaks silence on leaving Bengals for Ravens in free agencyTravis Kelce makes final decision regarding retirement, NFL future