This time a year ago, the Dallas Cowboys had many players who were entering the final year of their rookie contracts. This included most of their 2016 draft class that featured key players like Dak Prescott, Jaylon Smith, Maliek Collins, and Anthony Brown. Ezekiel Elliott was also drafted in 2016, but the team had exercised his fifth-year option, so he wasn’t far behind. Speaking of fifth-year options, a couple of 2015 draft picks were also entering a contract year in the form of Byron Jones and Amari Cooper.
Looking through past contracts might give us a clue as to which player the Cowboys sign next
