FRISCO. Texas – ’Bout this time of year, nearly every year, one of these long-shot guys lands on the Cowboys’ expanded 90-man roster, someone you can’t help but pull for.
Or someone with a backstory you can’t help rooting for.
Remember Patrick Crayton in 2004, no more than a seventh-round pick, a local kid out of somewhere called Northwestern Oklahoma State.
Or L’Damian Washington, the wide receiver from Shreveport, La., who made a name for himself at the University of Missouri, but went undrafted in 2014, breaking his heart because his goal was to support his brothers since mom and dad had both already passed away.