Before Boise State linebacker Leighton Vander Esch had any idea where he would be drafted, Star-Telegram reporter Lena Blietz asked him and Boise State coach Bryan Harsin about how they would react if the Cowboys selected him.
The first-round selections enjoyed the pinnacle of their football success on the stage at AT&T Stadium Thursday night.
Sometimes feuding NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones say kind words about each other and appear to bury the hatchet at unveiling of a NFL Draft Legacy Project to build a football field at Workman Junior High School.