IRVING, Texas – It was No. 1 of 992, but Jason Witten remembers his first NFL catch vividly.
“It was (against the) Atlanta Falcons, (my) first game, old Texas Stadium,” he said. “You can imagine the adrenaline going through your mind as a rookie.
“I remember afterward just thinking, ‘It’s football.’ I always remember that one just because it was the first.”
The 21-year-old Witten gained 13 yards on the lone reception of his Cowboys debut Sept. 7, 2003.
A month later, he missed the first and only game of his now 13-year career after having surgery to have three plates inserted in his fractured jaw, which he suffered a week earlier against the Cardinals.