FRISCO, Texas (AP) _ Days from his Dallas debut and cleared by prosecutors in
Ohio in a domestic violence case, Ezekiel Elliott still had to answer questions
Wednesday about conduct away from the field.
The same report citing insufficient evidence to support a woman’s claims
against him included documents that had a text exchange between the two
indicating concern over Elliott passing a drug test.
The report was released less than two weeks after video surfaced of Elliott in
a legal marijuana shop in Seattle, which led to admonishments from owner and
general manager Jerry Jones and coach Jason Garrett.
“I feel like there have been some damages done, but the past is the past,”
said Elliott, the fourth overall pick of the draft out of Ohio State. “I’m
focused on the now.”
Here’s the now: Elliott is set to do something Hall of Famers Tony Dorsett and
Emmitt Smith didn’t by starting the opener as a rookie running back for the
Cowboys on Sunday against the New York Giants.
The last Dallas running back with that distinction is more trivia fodder than
anything. It was Derrick Lassic in 1993, when Smith was holding out after
helping the Cowboys win the Super Bowl following the 1992 season. The other two
rookie starters for Dallas in their openers were Calvin Hill (1969) and Ron
Springs (1979).
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