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It's National Signing Day for high school recruits making the jump to college. If you're into that type of thing, the writers at the SB Nation mothership are all over it, and you can check it out here:
National Signing Day predictions
We are but a humble NFL team blog, and our concern is primarily about the Dallas Cowboys. So on National Signing Day, we won't look at the high school prospects and where they commit. Instead, we'll go through the Cowboys roster and check out where Cowboys players ranked when they left high school.
Going through the Rivals database, it looks like the Cowboys have just three five-star recruits on their roster - OT Tyron Smith, OG La'el Collins, and RB Darren McFadden. The database doesn't go back far enough for some Cowboys like Tony Romo or Jason Witten, other players simply weren't ranked. Overall though, the list below is pretty interesting to look at. If you click on the link provided with each name, you'll be able to see some of the colleges that recruited that specific player. For your convenience, the table is sortable (simply click on the blue headers to sort).
Cowboys players ranked as high school recruits | ||||
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Name | Pos. | College | Star Ranking | Link |
Bailey, Dan | K | Oklahoma State | - - |
Rivals |
Beasley, Cole | WR | Southern Methodist | 2 | Rivals |
Bernadeau, Mackenzy | G | Bentley | - - |
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Brown, Charles | OL | USC | 3 | Rivals |
Bryant, Dez | WR | Oklahoma State | 4 | Rivals |
Butler, Brice | WR | San Diego State | 4 | Rivals |
Carr, Brandon | CB | Grand Valley State | - - |
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Church, Barry | S | Toledo | 3 | Rivals |
Claiborne, Morris | CB | LSU | 3 | Rivals |
Clutts, Tyler | FB | Fresno State | - - |
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Collins, La'el | OL | LSU | 5 | Rivals |
Crawford, Jack | DE | Penn State | 3 | Rivals |
Crawford, Tyrone | DT | Boise State | 4 | Rivals |
Dunbar, Lance | RB | North Texas | 2 | Rivals |
Escobar, Gavin | TE | San Diego State | 2 | Rivals |
Frederick, Travis | C | Wisconsin | 3 | Rivals |
Free, Doug | OT | Northern Illinois | 2 | Rivals |
Gachkar, Andrew | LB | Missouri | 2 | Rivals |
Green, Chaz | OL | Florida | 4 | Rivals |
Gregory, Randy | DE | Nebraska | 4 | Rivals |
Hanna, James | TE | Oklahoma | 4 | Rivals |
Hardy, Greg | DE | Mississippi | 3 | Rivals |
Hayden, Nick | DT | Wisconsin | 4 | Rivals |
Heath, Jeff | S | Saginaw Valley State | - - |
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Hitchens, Anthony | LB | Iowa | 2 | Rivals |
Irving, David | DL | Iowa State | 2 | Rivals |
Jones, Byron | CB | Connecticut | 2 | Rivals |
Jones, Chris | P | Carson-Newman | - - |
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LaDouceur, L.P. | LS | California | - - |
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Lawrence, DeMarcus | DE | Boise State | 3 | Rivals |
Leary, Ronald | G | Memphis | 2 | Rivals |
Lee, Sean | LB | Penn State | 3 | Rivals |
Martin, Zack | G | Notre Dame | 4 | Rivals |
Mayle, Vince | WR | Washington State | 3 | Rivals |
McClain, Rolando | LB | Alabama | 4 | Rivals |
McClain, Terrell | DT | South Florida | 3 | Rivals |
McCray, Danny | S | LSU | 3 | Rivals |
McFadden, Darren | RB | Arkansas | 5 | Rivals |
Mincey, Jeremy | DE | Florida | 4 | Rivals |
Mitchell, Terrance | CB | Oregon | 3 | Rivals |
Moore, Kellen | QB | Boise State | 3 | Rivals |
Nzeocha, Mark | LB | Wyoming | - - | |
Olatoye, Deji | CB | North Carolina A&T | 2 | Rivals |
Romo, Tony | QB | Eastern Illinois | n.a. | |
Russell, Ryan | DE | Purdue | 2 | Rivals |
Scandrick, Orlando | CB | Boise State | 3 | Rivals |
Showers, Jameill | QB | Texas-El Paso | 3 | Rivals |
Smith, Rod | RB | Ohio State | 4 | Rivals |
Smith, Rodney | WR | Florida State | 4 | Rivals |
Smith, Tyron | OT | USC | 5 | Rivals |
Street, Devin | WR | Pittsburgh | 2 | Rivals |
Swaim, Geoff | TE | Texas | 3 | Rivals |
Thomas, Josh | CB | Buffalo | - - | |
Turbin, Robert | RB | Utah State | 2 | Rivals |
Walker, Casey | DT | Oklahoma | 3 | Rivals |
Whitehead, Lucky | WR | Florida Atlantic | - - |
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Wilber, Kyle | LB | Wake Forest | - - |
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Wilcox, J.J. | S | Georgia Southern | - - |
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Williams, Terrance | WR | Baylor | 2 | Rivals |
Wilson, Damien | LB | Minnesota | 2 | Rivals |
Witten, Jason | TE | Tennessee | n.a. |