FRISCO, Texas — Running back Kendre Miller signed with the Dallas Cowboys’ practice squad Wednesday, four days after the New Orleans Saints waived him.
The Saints released Miller on Saturday. He cleared waivers, visited Dallas on Tuesday, and signed the next day. Dallas went looking for a running back after Tyler Goodson hurt his knee in Sunday’s 27-23 win over the Indianapolis Colts, an injury expected to keep him out multiple weeks.
In six games with New Orleans this season, Miller ran 57 times for 159 yards and two touchdowns. The Saints drafted him in the third round, 71st overall, out of TCU in 2023. Injuries followed him through four seasons there, including a torn ACL in a Week 7 game against the Chicago Bears in 2025.
Miller spoke in the Cowboys’ locker room Wednesday, his first day with the team.
“It was, it was definitely, definitely tough,” Miller said.
The Mount Enterprise, Texas, native is back in his home state.
“Definitely, definitely,” Miller explained. “I feel like I’m a big believer in everything happens for a reason. I feel like God put that in my life just to mainly make me grow as a person.”
“I feel like with the injuries and stuff, and then just how it happened and how it happened, I feel like it happened for a reason,” Miller continued. “I’m back here, so.”
Kendre Miller Reunites With Derrick Foster
Cowboys running backs coach Derrick Foster held the same job with the Saints in 2024, Miller’s second NFL season. Miller ran 39 times for 148 yards and a touchdown in six games that year.
Cowboys coach Brian Schottenheimer spoke before practice Wednesday at The Star.
“Derrick’s a terrific coach, man,” Schottenheimer said. “I think you can’t watch his guys play and not just recognize that they pick up the system very quickly. We have a lot of layers to the things we ask our guys to do, not just in the running game, but from the protection standpoint.”
“And whether it’s Goody, whether it’s Izzy, some of the guys we brought in, Jashaun Corbin, and now Miller,” Schottenheimer continued. “These are guys that he spends every waking minute with, getting them up to speed on our protection rules and our run-pass kills and things like that. He’s a terrific, terrific teacher and, when you’re exposed to a person and you kind of know a little bit more about them, we really like Miller coming out of TCU, and makes a lot of sense for us.”
Miller joins Israel Abanikanda and Jashaun Corbin on the practice squad. Javonte Williams ran 20 times for 101 yards against the Colts and scored the go-ahead touchdown on a 1-yard run in the final two minutes.
Miller Looks Back On TCU’s 2022 Run
Miller and Cowboys linebacker Dee Winters were teammates on the 2022 TCU team that went 13-2 and reached the national championship game.
His time with the Horned Frogs came up later in the same session.
“Really, just that last year,” Miller said. “Unfortunately, I got hurt the game before, but just how special that year was because almost every game we was in, we was down, and then we came out and just flipped it around.”
The last questions of Miller’s session turned to the rest of his season and how his body feels after the ACL tear that ended his 2025 season.
“A lot,” Miller said. “Like I said, this midseason. What happened is in the past. I’m just looking forward, ready to get to work.”
“I feel good,” Miller said.
The Cowboys (4-5) host the San Francisco 49ers (7-1) on Sunday at AT&T Stadium. Kickoff is set for 3:25 p.m. CT on Fox.
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