One of the first things Stephen Jones said after the Cowboys had traded for the rights to Tavon Austin was to think of him as a running back. Though he’s always been designated as a receiver throughout his career, he’s played both positions in his NFL career at times. The true mystery about Tavon Austin is that you never really know how he’s going to be used as was pointed out in the final OTA practice:
We didn’t see much of Tavon Austin with the first team offense during the first two weeks of OTA practices that were open to reporters.