Cowboys acquiring WR Jonathan Mingo from Panthers for 2025 fourth-round pick

The 6-foot-2, 220-pound Mingo has yet to catch a touchdown pass in 24 NFL games. In his one game against the Cowboys, Mingo caught one pass for 6 yards on six targets in Week 11 last season.

Just prior to the trade being reported on Tuesday, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones foretold the move on his weekly radio spot on 105.3 The Fan in Dallas that the team planned to trade for a receiver the Cowboys liked prior to the draft but couldn’t get — presumably Mingo. Dallas later selected tight end Luke Schoonmaker in Round 2 in 2023.

“We’re not selling. We will make that case,” Jones said ahead of Tuesday’s 4 p.m. ET deadline. “We’re buying, not selling.”

Mingo played four years at Ole Miss, catching 112 passes for 1,758 yards (15.7-yard average) and 12 TDs in 41 career games. He boosted his stock with a strong workout at the 2023 NFL Scouting Combine, running a 4.46-second 40-yard dash, putting up 22 bench-press reps and jumping 10-foot-9 in the broad jump and 39.5 inches in the vertical jump.