Who was Cowboys' best 1st-round pick? Let the debate begin
BEST FIRST-ROUND DRAFT PICK: QB Troy Aikman. The first overall pick out of UCLA in 1989 might have not won three Super Bowls without NFL career rushing leader Emmitt Smith, taken in the middle of the first round a year later. “The Triplets” included another Pro Football Hall of Famer drafted in the first round, WR Michael Irvin in 1988. The debate doesn’t stop there. Three other first-rounders are in Canton: DTs Bob Lilly (the team’s first-ever choice in 1961) and Randy White (1975) and RB Tony Dorsett (1977).
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