Dallas Cowboys sign QB Will Grier to reserve/future contract
The Dallas Cowboys announced on Monday that they have signed quarterback Will Grier to a reserve/future contract. Grier spent the entire 2025 season on the Cowboys’ practice squad.
After spending one season at Florida and two seasons at West Virginia, Will Grier entered the NFL in 2019, when the Carolina Panthers selected him in the third round of the NFL Draft. During the 2019 season, Grier made two starts and completed 53.8 percent of his passes for 228 yards, zero touchdowns, and four interceptions.
Grier has not seen any other action throughout his NFL career. He spent the 2020 season in Carolina, and the Cowboys claimed him off waivers before the start of the 2021 season. He was with the Cowboys for the 2021 and 2022 seasons and spent time as either a backup or third-string QB.
In the next two years, Grier spent time with the Cincinnati Bengals, New England Patriots, Los Angeles Chargers, and Philadelphia Eagles before joining the Cowboys for the second time in November 2024.
Can Will Grier make an impact in 2026?
With Greier returning to the Cowboys for next season, he will join a QB room that includes Dak Prescott and Joe Milton III. Grier will likely compete with Milton for the backup role during the preseason.
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But there’s no question Prescott will be QB1 in 2026. He just finished his 10th season in Dallas and threw for 4,552 yards and 30 touchdowns in all 17 games. His work on the field led to him being nominated for the Comeback Player of the Year award.
“The nomination is enough,” Prescott said this week, per Tommy Yarrish of DallasCowboys.com. “All of us are deserving, each and every one of us that are finalists. Whether we win it or not, us being deserving, I’m thankful. The reward is us all coming back and getting to play this game, so I’m super thankful for that and congratulations for each and every one of those guys.”
The Cowboys finished the 2025 season with a 7-9-1 record. It’s the second consecutive losing season for Dallas after winning 12 games in the previous three years.
We’ll have more on this story shortly.