The Cowboys signed the first of their nine draft picks Thursday when seventh-round selection, Stanford defensive tackle Ben Gardner, inked a four-year deal, according to a source. Gardner was one of five seventh-rounders the Cowboys drafted on Saturday in a defensive heavy draft. Gardner, 6-foot-3, 276 pounds, will play defensive tackle and is expected to back up Henry Melton along the line. A first-team All-Pac-12 selection last season, Gardner suffered a season-ending torn pectoral muscle.
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