The spotlight of the NFL Draft was a dad on the Cowboys attending to draft his son

• The Dallas Cowboys chosen operating again Deuce Vaughn within the sixth spherical of the NFL Draft.
• Vaughn is the son of Cowboys scout Chris Vaughn, who was within the Cowboys’ battle room.
• Chris acquired to make the decision to his son to let him know that he had been drafted into the league.

It isn’t typically that one of the best decide of the NFL Draft comes within the sixth spherical, however this previous Saturday, that was definitely the case for the Dallas Cowboys.

Having already shored up their line within the first spherical with defensive sort out Mazi Smith out of Michigan within the first spherical and discovering a substitute for departing tight finish Dalton Schultz with Luke Schoonmaker within the second spherical, the Cowboys seemed elsewhere within the later rounds of the draft.

The place they seemed was at Kansas State operating again Deuce Vaughn, who’s the son of Cowboys’ assistant director of faculty scouting Chris Vaughn.

In response to ESPN, the elder Vaughn had saved himself away from the dialog involving his son main as much as the draft, not writing a report on him as a possible draft decide and excusing himself from the room when the group mentioned him.

However within the sixth spherical, the Cowboys made the decide — Deuce can be heading to Dallas for coaching camp. And the group let Chris be the one to make the decision.

“Look right here, man, do you wish to come to work with me subsequent week?” the elder Vaughn requested his son on the telephone.

“I would not thoughts that in any respect,” Deuce mentioned on the opposite finish of the road.

Cameras within the Cowboys’ battle room captured the second.

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“I’ve by no means had an expertise like that within the draft room. Ever,” group proprietor Jerry Jones mentioned after the decide.

“In 30 years of this league, I’ve by no means seen something like that,” head coach Mike McCarthy agreed. “That was a really particular second.”

Deuce has some work to do earlier than he is carrying the ball for the Cowboys on Sundays. Tony Pollard at present leads the group’s depth chart at operating again, and Dallas additionally signed Ronald Jones as a free agent within the offseason. Jerry Jones has even hinted that Ezekiel Elliott may doubtlessly return to the group after his launch earlier within the yr.

However Deuce is getting his probability, and as he does, his dad will probably be there to cheer him on.