The Dallas Cowboys announced rookie numbers on Monday with one exception.
Incoming rookie and 17th overall draft pick CeeDee Lamb was absent from the list, and that’s because he has stated he wants to wear No. 10, but owner Jerry Jones wants him wearing 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.”
Lamb even retweeted two posts onto his Twitter account that reference him wearing No. 10.
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We’ll just have to wait and see who will end up getting their way.
