Cowboys give first-round pick RB Elliott a 4-year, $25 million contract.

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The deal, which includes a signing bonus of $16 million and is worth almost $25 million in total, was announced by the Associated Press in Irving, Texas.

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A cornerback named Anthony Brown from Purdue, a safety named Kavon Frazier from Central Michigan,

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In the draft that took place a month ago, Dallas selected those players in the sixth round.

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In the whole history of the Cowboys club, Elliott is only the third running back the team has ever selected in the top 20 of the draft. The other two are Emmitt Smith,

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