Paea changed his number from 97 to 55 when he started working out at the star this week

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If I remember correctly, Zeke wanted 22, but they said no. For Dallas, some numbers get passed down to create a legacy, others are not touched. 22 (as the all-time leading rusher) is the latter. Others are 74, 12 and probably 8. As far as the "Throw up the X" thing and the number 88, I'd guess the X became a thing after he had the number already.
Every year there are so many WR's and TE's that you just about can't shut down the 88 jersey. So, IMO, they did the smart thing and made it a "Legacy" number.
 
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