May is here, and the Dallas Cowboys have already undergone plenty of changes throughout the NFL offseason's first few months. The biggest change of all came when Brian Schottenheimer was named the new Cowboys head coach back in January, leading to his shaking up the coaching staff, which includes hiring Junior Adams as the new wide receivers coach.
Joining a new team is never easy, even for a coach as seasoned as Adams. Having familiar faces around can help ease the transition, which is what the Cowboys did for their new WRs coach when they signed undrafted playmaker Traeshon Holden — who played his last two collegiate campaigns under Adams at Oregon — last week.
Cowboys Rookie WR Traeshon Holden Excited to Reunite With Junior Adams
With the team's annual rookie minicamp having started on Friday, it didn't take long for Holden to comment on being reunited with his former coach.
"I'm very excited," Holden said about teaming up with Adams. "He told me if he got a chance to come get me, he was coming to get me. He knows he got a dawg, and I'm ready to make it happen."
It isn't hard to see why Holden is excited to work with Adams again, and vice verse.
Before joining the Ducks, Holden was fighting for playing time at the University of Alabama. The Kissimmee, FL native only caught 46 balls in 30 games across three seasons with the Crimson Tide, converting those chances into 570 receiving yards and seven touchdowns.
It was clear that Holden had some potential buried in him, however, it wasn't going to emerge as long as he was stuck in a crowded Alabama attack. That's what prompted him to transfer to Oregon, which helped elevate his game to the next level under Adams' watch.
Holden immediately looked like a new player in Adams' first year as the Ducks' co-offensive coordinator. The 6-foot-2 playmaker racked up 37 receptions, 452 yards, and six TDs in 14 games with the Ducks in 2023, and continued taking his game to the next level with a career-best 45-718-5 stat line last season.
Boasting a combination of reliable route-running and zone-scoring ability, Adams could challenge the likes of Jonathan Mingo, Parris Campbell, and Jalen Brooks for a WR3/4 role on the team. The rookie receiver's connection with Adams could even give him a leg up over the competition.
After all, the duo's relationship is more than an on-field connection.
"Me and (Adams) relationship is more than player-coach," Holden admitted. "I call him if I just need to talk to somebody, and we've got a really good relationship. It's good that we have it in the pros for sure."
Cowboys fans will have a better idea of what a Holden-Adams reunion will look like after the rookie minicamp wraps up on Sunday. After that, the ex-Orgeon Ducks WR and the rest of Dallas' incoming rookies will turn their attention to organized team activities, which begin on Monday, May 19.