With the 239th overall pick in the 2025 NFL draft, the Dallas Cowboys selected Clemson running back Phil Mafah. Mafah was the second running back selected by Dallas on Day 3. The team took Texas’ Jaydon Blue in the fifth round.

Clemson running back Phil Mafah is officially NFL-bound. The Dallas Cowboys selected Mafah with the 239th overall pick in the seventh round of the 2025 NFL Draft on Saturday, making him the third Tiger taken this year after Barrett Carter and R.J. Mickens.

Clemson’s Phil Mafah is getting his NFL opportunity. The former Tigers running back was drafted by the Dallas Cowboys in the seventh round of 2025 NFL Draft, which wrapped on Saturday. Mafah was one of three Tigers drafted on Saturday with Barrett Carter (Bengals) and RJ Mickens (Chargers) being the others.