Cowboys select South Carolina CB Israel Mukuamu with 227th overall pick

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DALLAS (105.3 The Fan) - There's a trend to this year's draft for the Cowboys. Defense. Defense. And more defense.

Dallas selected their eighth defensive player out of their first ten picks when they drafted South Carolina cornerback/safety Israel Mukuamu with the 227th overall pick in the sixth round of the NFL Draft.

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Mukuamu, 6-foot-4 and 212 pounds, had seven career interceptions and 17 pass deflections in his three seasons with the Gamecocks. He had 10 tackles and two interceptions in 2020 before opted out of the final three games of the season following the dismissal of former head coach Will Muschamp.

Mukuamu, 21, was named to the All-SEC second-team in 2019.

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