After a bad scouting combine, Everson Walls would not hear his name called during the 1981 Draft.  The Cowboys would sign him, and it was easy to say that the move benefited both parties.

Drafted 19^th overall in 2014 by Dallas out of Notre Dame, Zack Martin made a mark in Big D as one of the finest Offensive Lineman ever to wear the star..

At 6’ 9”, Ed “Too Tall” Jones, had one of the coolest and appropriate nicknames in not just football, but in all of sports.

Playing his college ball at Florida A&M (well before they were an FBS school), Nate Newton did not receive a lot of attention from the NFL, and he had to settle for signing with the Washington Redskins as a Free Agent.  He didn't make the team, but he found a home in the USFL with the Tampa Bay Bandits.  In the upstart league, Newton shined, and following the folding of the league, he was named to the all-time USFL Team.