FRISCO, Texas – When rookie tight end Dalton Schultz met with the Cowboys’ equipment staff to go over jersey number possibilities, one in particular was not available: 82.
“No, they made that really clear,” he said with a smile.
Schultz, a fourth-round draft pick out of Stanford, currently plans to wear No. 86.
Not that he was aiming for Jason Witten’s iconic 82. Standing just down the hall from Witten’s 20-foot wall mural inside The Star in Frisco, Schultz is well aware and respectful of Witten’s legacy.