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#93 Jay Toia

Exp  1 yr NFLAge  23Ht / Wt  6'2" · 342 lbCollege  UCLA; USC

Depth-chart placement

Current role

NT2

Placement

Backup

Room

Nose Tackle

Experience

YR 2

Last change

Updated 2026-07-29

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Jay Toia holds the NT · Backup spot in Dallas Cowboys’s nose tackle room. Where he sits among the room’s front-line roles:

NT · StarterKenny ClarkStarter

NT · BackupJay ToiaBackup

Jay Toia played 5 games in 2025 with a 28% snap share.

Background & career

Jay Toia is a nose tackle standing 6'2" and weighing 342 pounds. He played college football at UCLA and USC before being selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round (217th overall) of the 2025 NFL Draft. Toia signed a four-year contract with Dallas worth an average of $1,088,279 annually.

USC2021

UCLA2021 – 2024

Cowboys2025 — present

College

UCLA; USCDraftRound 7 · No. 217 overall · 2025 · DALHometownInglewood, CA