Brevyn Spann-Ford signed a new deal with the Cowboys on Friday afternoon, taking a contract that now runs through 2029 and removing the uncertainty that had been hanging over his future after the season. Ryan Flournoy signed his own extension the same day, giving the Cowboys two young offensive pieces locked in before the 2026 season.
That timing matters because Spann-Ford had been lined up to become a restricted free agent after 2025. Instead, the Cowboys moved early, and Spann-Ford said the deal had already been done on Thursday night, when he got the call and reached out to his family, his brother and his people. He called the talks good and said they moved smoothly, with both sides receptive to each other.
For Spann-Ford, the moment carried more weight than a simple contract update. He said Dallas was really the only team that truly took a chance on him after he went undrafted out of Minnesota, even though the Vikings showed interest. That deal never came together, and the path that did open for him stayed with the Cowboys.
Schottenheimer put the two extensions in the broader frame of what the team wants to be. He said Spann-Ford and Flournoy literally carry the flag for what the Cowboys are about, adding that both players are really good football players and that the club is finding more roles for them. In practical terms, that means work on offense and on special teams, the kind of two-way utility coaches value when they are trying to build depth without losing reliability.
The financial terms were not disclosed, but the structure of the move is clear: Spann-Ford gets security through 2029, and the Cowboys keep control of a player they see as part of the next stretch of the roster. For a player who arrived without being drafted and who described the team as the one that believed in him first, Friday was less about a headline number than about being wanted enough to stay.
