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Cowboys use 4th pick on Ohio State RB Elliott
- Updated: April 28, 2016
8:59 PM ET
IRVING, Texas — After a 4-12 finish in 2015, the Dallas Cowboys’ reward was picking Ohio State running back Ezekiel Elliott with the fourth overall pick in the 2016 NFL Draft on Thursday.
Elliott will give the Cowboys the opportunity to recapture the formula that worked so well in 2014 when DeMarco Murray led the NFL in rushing with 1,845 yards.
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He is the seventh running back the Cowboys have drafted in the first round in team history and the first since Felix Jones in 2008. The only running back drafted higher by the Cowboys is Tony Dorsett. The Hall of Famer went with the second overall pick in 1977.
“It’s a prestigious institution,” Elliott said of the Cowboys after he was drafted. “I’m gonna live up to the …
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