{"id":779147,"date":"2026-05-07T07:46:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779147\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:46:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:46:19","slug":"caleb-downs-changes-dallas-cowboys-jersey-number-from-18-to-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/779147\/","title":{"rendered":"Caleb Downs changes Dallas Cowboys jersey number from 18 to 13"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 rookie minicamp, Caleb Downs<\/a><\/strong> wore No. 18 and became the best-selling jersey<\/a> for the 2026 NFL Draft<\/a><\/strong> class. Apparently, he\u2019s already making a switch.<\/p>\n

Downs is now set to wear No. 13, according to the Cowboys\u2019 official website. However, it\u2019s important to note he could change jersey numbers again before the regular season begins, meaning he still has a chance to wear the No. 2 he donned at Ohio State<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

New Cowboys cornerback Cobie Durant<\/a><\/strong> currently has No. 2, but there\u2019s the chance Downs works it out to get the number back. Sometimes, players work out some type of deal with each other when there\u2019s a jersey number on the line.<\/p>\n

During minicamp, Downs received a question about whether he would end up wearing No. 18 during the regular season. He didn\u2019t entirely commit to it even as his jersey became the best-seller of the 2026 draft class, according to Fanatics.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re gonna see what happens,\u201d Downs said, via DallasCowboys.com\u2019s Tommy Yarrish<\/a>. \u201cThat\u2019s the only thing I\u2019m going to say about that.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition to Downs, another Cowboys draft pick had a top-selling jersey after the NFL Draft. Pass-rusher Malachi Lawrence<\/a><\/strong> was the third-best selling jersey as of May 1, according to Fanatics, after going No. 23 overall.<\/p>\n

Nick Saban is a big fan of Caleb Downs in Dallas<\/p>\n

Last season, Caleb Downs became a two-time All-American at Ohio State and finished ninth in the Heisman Trophy voting during the 2025 season. On the whole, across his one year at Alabama and two at Ohio State, he had 257 total tackles along with 16 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and six interceptions.<\/p>\n

Prior to his two years at Ohio State, Downs emerged as a key playmaker as a frehsman at Alabama<\/a><\/strong> under Nick Saban<\/a><\/strong> in what turned out to be his final season before retirement. Saban was on the ESPN College GameDay desk at the time the Cowboys took Downs and had high praise<\/a><\/strong> for the player Dallas was getting at No. 11 overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is as fine a young man as you\u2019re ever going to find to be a part of your team,\u201d Saban said. \u201cHe\u2019s a great competitor, he\u2019s got great character, he\u2019s so instinctive as a player. He can play downhill, he can play in the box, he can play in the deep field, he can play man-to-man. This guy is a tremendous, tremendous person and competitor.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd I tell you what, there\u2019s only a few guys that I love more than this guy as a player on our football team. He did a great job and improved even more at Ohio State. And I\u2019m going to give the Dallas Cowboys a little tip. His mama, in recruiting, made the best white chili I ever ate. You need to go there.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"During the Dallas Cowboys\u2019 rookie minicamp, Caleb Downs wore No. 18 and became the best-selling jersey for the…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":779148,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,6846,1596,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-779147","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-caleb-downs-23-mill-creek","10":"tag-dallas","11":"tag-texas","12":"tag-tx","13":"tag-united-states","14":"tag-united-states-of-america","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","17":"tag-us","18":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/116532192889242581","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=779147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/779147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/779148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=779147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=779147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=779147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}