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Jonathan Jones
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FRISCO, Texas—On Jan. 12, 2015, Emmitt Smith made his way to the owner’s suite at AT&T Stadium to watch the national championship game between Ohio State and Oregon. He settled in close to his former teammate and current Dallas Cowboys head coach, Jason Garrett.
Garrett hadn’t watched much college football that season outside of catching highlights here and there. His Cowboys went 12–4 and were just a day separated from a controversial loss at Green Bay in the NFC divisional round. But Smith, the league’s all-time leading rusher, had spent a few months watching and ranking the top running backs in college football.
Smith had eyed Georgia’s Todd Gurley and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon early, and then caught some Ohio State games later in the year.
“Hey Red Ball,” Smith said to Garrett, “you’ve got to watch this kid No. 15. He can really play.”
Read the rest: http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/27/ezekiel-elliott-dallas-cowboys-emmitt-smith
3 hours ago
FRISCO, Texas—On Jan. 12, 2015, Emmitt Smith made his way to the owner’s suite at AT&T Stadium to watch the national championship game between Ohio State and Oregon. He settled in close to his former teammate and current Dallas Cowboys head coach, Jason Garrett.
Garrett hadn’t watched much college football that season outside of catching highlights here and there. His Cowboys went 12–4 and were just a day separated from a controversial loss at Green Bay in the NFC divisional round. But Smith, the league’s all-time leading rusher, had spent a few months watching and ranking the top running backs in college football.
Smith had eyed Georgia’s Todd Gurley and Wisconsin’s Melvin Gordon early, and then caught some Ohio State games later in the year.
“Hey Red Ball,” Smith said to Garrett, “you’ve got to watch this kid No. 15. He can really play.”
Read the rest: http://www.si.com/nfl/2016/10/27/ezekiel-elliott-dallas-cowboys-emmitt-smith
