Earlier this week, the Dallas Cowboys announced rookie numbers but CeeDee Lamb was absent from the list because he wanted to wear No. 10, but Jerry Jones wanted him to wear No. 88.
Despite retweeting pictures of himself wearing the No. 10 for the Cowboys, the owner of the Cowboys ultimately got his way and Lamb will indeed wear No. 88.
Players like Dez Bryant, Drew Pearson, and Michael Irvin have worn the number, but Jones told reporters it was to pay tribute to his late college teammate Jerry Lamb.
“When we were, this is a little drama from our perspective, when we were all sitting there and had said our piece, and then we said, ‘okay, what’s it going to be?’ I said in honor of my great friend that just passed this year we’re going to have his namesake come on here and wear old number 88,” Jones said, via RJ Ochoa of Blogging the Boys. “Just like Michael and Dez and those guys, and we’ve got us a wide receiver. And let me tell you one thing if he’s got the competes and heart of that Jerry Lamb he’ll be bad to the bone.”
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Pearson was a three-time All-Pro and won a Super Bowl. Irvin is a hall of fame WR who won 3 Super Bowl titles, while Dez Bryant reached three Pro Bowls and received a first-team All-Pro nod in 2014.
Lamb caught 173 passes for 3,292 yards and 32 touchdowns in three years at Oklahoma.
