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#30 Israel Abanikanda

Exp  3 yrs NFLAge  24Ht / Wt  5'10" · 215 lbCollege  Pittsburgh

Depth-chart placement

Current role

RB6

Placement

Depth

Room

Running Back

Experience

YR 4

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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RB room context

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Israel Abanikanda holds the RB · Depth spot in Dallas Cowboys’s running back room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

RB · StarterJavonte WilliamsStarter

RB · BackupJaydon BlueBackup

RB · DepthIsrael AbanikandaDepth

RB · StarterDominic RichardsonStarter

Background & career

Israel Abanikanda is a running back from Brooklyn, New York, who played college football at Pittsburgh. The New York Jets selected him in the fifth round (143rd overall) of the 2023 NFL Draft. Abanikanda, 5'10" and 215 pounds, enters his fourth season in the league with the Dallas Cowboys on a two-year contract.

Pittsburgh2020 – 2022

Jets2023

49ers2024

Cowboys2025 — present

College

PittsburghDraftRound 5 · No. 143 overall · 2023 · NYJAcquiredAcquired from New York Jets · drafted thereHometownBrooklyn, NY