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Former Texas football QB Garrett Gilbert will start for Cowboys vs. Steelers

Garrett Gilbert (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

Former Texas football QB Garrett Gilbert is in a tough spot this weekend, getting his first NFL start with the Dallas Cowboys against the Steelers.

The news has officially dropped that the Dallas Cowboys will be giving the starting quarterback job this weekend to the former Texas football signal caller and elite five-star local recruit Garrett Gilbert. Injuries to a number of the other Cowboys quarterbacks that sat higher up on the depth chart than Gilbert caused head coach Mike McCarthy to get to this point.