Cowboys On Draft Day
See current and former players on the day they were drafted or introduced by the Cowboys.
Heisman Trophy Winner Tony Dorsett smiles as he waits to be interviewed by a local television station after being selected by the Dallas Cowboys in the NFL Draft, Tuesday, May 4, 1977, Pittsburgh, Pa. Dallas selected Dorsett after Seattle traded its first round pick for four selections. (AP Photo/MK)
Ed "Too Tall" Jones, formerly of Tennessee State but today a Dallas Cowboy after being picked as the number one draft choice in the NFL, fills in the folks back home with the happy information, Jan. 29, 1974. Flanking Jones are John Merritt head coach of Tennessee State, left, and James Matthews, Eds' former high school football coach, right. The call was made from the Cowboys office in Dallas. (AP Photo/Harold Waters)
Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry, right, listens as d "Too Tall" Jones talks with the press after Jones was selected by Dallas in their first choice in the NFL draft, Jan. 29, 1974. The 6-foot-9-inch defensive lineman from Tennessee State was made available to Dallas in a trade with the Houston Oilers last season. (AP Photo)
Dallas Cowboys coach Tom Landry is dwarfed by the club?s first round draft pick Ed (Too Tall) Jones as they posed together in Dallas on Jan. 30, 1974. Jones is 6-feet, 9-inches tall and weights 260. He is a defensive lineman from Tennessee State. (AP Photo/HTW)
University of Miami wide receiver Michael Irvin gets a dousing with champagne on Sunday, April 24, 1988 in his Fort Lauderdale home from friends and relatives after learning that he had been picked by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the NFL draft. (AP Photo/Bill Cooke)
Pete Rozelle, NFL Commissioner, right, began the 54th annual draft of collegiate talent, his final draft, by announcing the selection of UCLA quarterback Troy Aikman, right, as the first pick by the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, April 23, 1989 in New York. Aikman already has signed a six-year, $11.2 million contract with the Cowboys. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
FILE Former Dallas Cowboys head coach Jimmy Johnson, left, hands Florida running back Emmitt Smith his No. 22 jersey as the Cowboys 1990 No. 1 draft pick is introduced at the Cowboys training facility in Irving, Texas, in this April 22, 1990 file photo. NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith is retiring after 15 years, two sources within the NFL said. Smith, who starred for the Dallas Cowboys for 13 seasons and spent the last two years with Arizona, will make the announcement in the afternoon at the site of the Super Bowl, according to the sources, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity. (AP Photo/David J. Sams)
The Dallas Cowboys team table is seen during the 2015 NFL Draft at Grant Park on Friday, May 1, 2015 in Chicago, Ill. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Terence Newman, center, a cornerback from Kansas State, the first pick of the Dallas Cowboys and the fifth pick overall, is joined by family members at the National Football League draft Saturday, April 26, 2003 in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin ll)
Tennessee tight end Jason Witten reacts as he makes his announcement to enter the NFL draft Monday, Jan. 13, 2003, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Oklahoma State wide receiver Dez Bryant is overcome with emotion with friends and family after being selected as the 24th overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of NFL Draft, Thursday, April 22, 2010 in DeSoto, Texas. (AP Photo/Tom Pennington)
Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant shows his jersey to the media in the team locker room, Friday, April 23, 2010 at Irving, Texas. Bryant was the Cowboys first round draft pick. (AP Photo/James D Smith)
Southern California offensive tackle Tyron Smith poses for photographs with family and friends after he was selected as the ninth overall pick by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the NFL football draft at Radio City Music Hall on Thursday, April 28, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Dallas Cowboys Director of Player Personnel, from left, Stephen Jones, Cowboys first round draft pick Tyron Smith and team owner Jerry Jones, right, during a news conference Friday, April 29, 2011, in Irving, Texas. Friday, Smith was presented a No. 77 jersey by the Cowboys, a day after the 20-year-old offensive tackle from Southern Cal was the ninth overall draft pick. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
The Dallas Cowboys New ERA hat arrives before the first round of the NFL Draft on April 26th 2012 at Radio City Music Hall in New York, New York. (AP Photo/Brian Garfinkel)
LSU cornerback Morris Claiborne walks on stage after being selected as the sixth pick overall by the Dallas Cowboys in the first round of the NFL football draft at Radio City Music Hall, Thursday, April 26, 2012, in New York. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)
Morris Claiborne poses for a photo with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected by the Dallas Cowboys during the 2012 NFL Draft at Radio CIty Music Hall on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in New York, NY. (AP Photo/Ben Liebenberg)
Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (center) talks on the phone about a trade as coach Jason Garrett (left) and executive vice president Stephen Jones (right) watch during the NFL draft on Thursday, April 25, 2013 at the club's headquarters in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/James D Smith)
Dallas Cowboys first round draft pick, center Travis Frederick, talks to the media during the NFL draft on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/James D Smith)
Dallas Cowboys draft picks Travis Frederick (left), Terrance Williams (center) and Gavin Escobar (right) during the NFL draft on Saturday, April 27, 2013 in Irving, Texas. (AP Photo/James D Smith)
ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS, NOV. 1-2 - FILE - In this May 10, 2014, file photo, Dallas Cowboys draft pick Zach Martin tours the Cowboy's headquarters at Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas. The most difficult positions for rookies to make a difference usually are quarterback and anywhere on the offensive line. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)
Dallas Cowboys draft pick Zach Martin, center, poses for photos with team owner Jerry Jones, left, and head coach Jason Garrett at Valley Ranch in Irving, Texas, Saturday, May 10, 2014. Martin, a Notre Dame offensive tackle, will forever be known as the player the Cowboys drafted instead of Johnny Manziel. The Cowboys took Martin with the 16th pick in the first round of the NFL draft. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
Connecticut cornerback Byron Jones poses for a photo with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell on stage after being selected by the Dallas Cowboys during the 2015 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre of Roosevelt University on Thursday, April 30, 2015 in Chicago, Ill. (Perry Knotts via AP)
FILE - In this May 1, 2015, file photo, Nebraska defensive lineman Randy Gregory holds a Dallas Cowboys cap on his head after being selected by Dallas in the second round of the NLF football draft in Chicago. Gregory failed a marijuana test at the NFL scouting combine in February 2015 and later publicly acknowledged his use in college. Once considered a high first-round draft pick, he wasnÂ’t selected until late in the second round by Dallas. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)
Nebraska linebacker Randy Gregory greets fans after being selected by the Dallas Cowboys during the 2015 NFL Draft at the Auditorium Theatre on Friday, May 1, 2015 in Chicago, Ill. (Perry Knotts via AP)
Dallas Cowboys undrafted free agent La'el Collins (in cap), his mother Loyetta Collins (left), Cowboys owner Jerry Jones (second from right) and Cowboys head coach Jason Garrett (right) hold Collins' jersey at Cowboys headquarters in Irving, Texas on Thursday, May 7, 2015. (AP Photo/James D Smith)
