2016 Dallas Cowboys Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 13-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference
Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Jason Garrett (13-3)
Location: Dallas, Texas
2016 Dallas Cowboys Statistics
2016 Dallas Cowboys Results

The Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League ended the 2016 season with a record of 13 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's East Division of the National Football Conference.

Dallas piled up points with 421 points, while the solid defense yielded 306. Ezekiel Elliott powered the ground game, running for a 1,631 yards for the Cowboys.

Dak Prescott led the charge, passing for 3,667 yards. Cole Beasley paced all receivers, hauling in 75 passes for 833 yards. Dez Bryant and Jason Witten were targeted regularly also.

Barry Church picked off 2 opponent throws. Benson Mayowa sacked opposing passers 6 times.

Jason Garrett coached the team. The 2016 Dallas Cowboys lost in the Division Playoff.

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# Player Pos. Birth Date Height Weight College Hometown GP GS
76Richard AshDTAugust 4, 19926'3"314Western MichiganHendersonville, NC 10
5Dan BaileyKJanuary 26, 19886'0"197Oklahoma St.Oklahoma City, OK 160
11Cole BeasleyWRApril 26, 19895'8"177SMUHouston, TX 166
30Anthony BrownCB,DBDecember 15, 19935'11"192PurdueTampa, FL 1610
88Dez BryantWRNovember 4, 19886'2"225Oklahoma St.Lufkin, TX USA1313
19Brice ButlerWRJanuary 29, 19906'3"217San Diego St.Norcross, GA 163
39Brandon CarrDB,CBMay 19, 19866'0"207Grand Valley St.Flint, MI USA1616
42Barry ChurchDB,SFebruary 11, 19886'1"222ToledoPittsburgh, PA USA1212
24Morris ClaiborneCBFebruary 7, 19905'11"188LSUShreveport, LA 77
63Emmett ClearyTApril 27, 19906'7"313Boston Col.Tokyo, Japan131
71La'el CollinsOTJuly 26, 19936'5"308LSUBaton Rouge, LA 33
96Maliek CollinsDTApril 8, 19956'2"300NebraskaKansas City, KS 1614
58Jack CrawfordDESeptember 7, 19886'5"274Penn St.London, England1611
98Tyrone CrawfordDE,DTNovember 22, 19896'4"275Boise St., Canada1413
75Ryan DavisDEFebruary 24, 19896'2"260Bethune-CookmanTampa, FL 90
25Lance DunbarRBJanuary 25, 19905'8"191North TexasNew Orleans, LA 130
56Justin DurantLBSeptember 21, 19856'4"230HamptonFlorence, SC USA130
21Ezekiel ElliottRBJuly 22, 19956'0"225Ohio St.St. Louis, MO 1515
89Gavin EscobarTEFebruary 3, 19916'6"254San Diego St.New York, NY 161
35Kavon FrazierFSAugust 11, 19946'0"218Central MichiganGrand Rapids, MI 90
72Travis FrederickCMarch 18, 19916'4"312WisconsinSharon, WI 1616
68Doug FreeTJanuary 6, 19846'6"324Northern IllinoisManitowoc, WI USA1616
52Andrew GachkarOLBNovember 4, 19886'3"228MissouriCheraw, SC 160
79Chaz GreenOTApril 8, 19926'5"300FloridaTampa, FL 42
94Randy GregoryDENovember 23, 19926'6"245NebraskaJacksonville, FL 20
84James HannaTEJuly 14, 19896'4"252OklahomaLakewood, OH
38Jeff HeathSMay 14, 19916'1"210Saginaw Valley StateWarren, MI 160
59Anthony HitchensOLB,LBJune 10, 19926'0"240Iowa1616
95David IrvingDL,DEAugust 18, 19936'7"273Iowa StateSan Diego, CA USA152
31Byron JonesCB,SSeptember 26, 19926'1"196ConnecticutNew Britain, CT 1616
6Chris JonesPJuly 21, 19896'1"200Carson-NewmanRome, GA 160
91L.P. LadouceurDEMarch 13, 19816'4"257CaliforniaMontreal, QC Canada160
90Demarcus LawrenceDEApril 2, 19926'3"251Boise St.New Ellington, SC 93
65Ronald LearyGApril 29, 19896'3"324MemphisBaton Rouge, LA 1312
50Sean LeeLBJuly 22, 19866'2"234Penn St.Pittsburgh, PA USA1515
73Joe LooneyGAugust 31, 19906'3"309Wake ForestLake Worth, FL 163
70Zack MartinOT,GNovember 20, 19906'4"308Notre DameIndianapolis, IN 1616
93Benson MayowaDEAugust 3, 19916'3"236IdahoLos Angeles, CA 136
55Rolando McClainLBJuly 14, 19896'3"254AlabamaDecatur, AL USA
97Terrell McClainDL,DTJuly 20, 19886'2"297South FloridaTampa, FL 1515
20Darren McFaddenRBAugust 27, 19876'2"210ArkansasNorth Little Rock, AR USA42
23Leon McFaddenCBOctober 26, 19905'10"193San Diego St.Bellflower, CA 90
17Kellen MooreQBJuly 12, 19896'0"197Boise St.Prosser, WA
46Alfred MorrisRBDecember 12, 19885'9"219Florida AtlanticPensacola, FL 140
53Mark NzeochaOLBJanuary 1, 19906'3"239WyomingNeusitz, Germany50
4Dak PrescottQBJuly 29, 19936'2"226Mississippi St.Sulphur, LA 1616
9Tony RomoQBApril 21, 19806'2"219East. IllinoisSan Diego, CA USA10
3Mark SanchezQBNovember 11, 19866'2"225USCLong Beach, CA USA20
32Orlando ScandrickDB,CBJanuary 31, 19855'10"192Boise St.Los Alamitos, CA USA1210
62Ryan SeymourGFebruary 7, 19906'5"300VanderbiltCharleston, SC 10
54Jaylon SmithOLBJune 14, 19956'2"223Notre DameFort Wayne, IN
41Keith SmithLB,FBApril 8, 19926'0"199San Jose StatePomona, CA 161
45Rod SmithFBJanuary 10, 19926'3"226Ohio StateFort Wayne, IN USA70
77Tyron SmithOTDecember 12, 19906'5"307USCLos Angeles, CA 1313
87Geoff SwaimTESeptember 16, 19936'4"250TexasChico, CA 96
79Charles TapperDEMay 7, 19936'3"276OklahomaBaltimore, MD
92Cedric ThorntonDTJune 21, 19886'4"309Southern ArkansasStar City, AR 130
13Lucky WhiteheadWRJune 2, 19925'10"163Florida AtlanticManassas, VA 151
51Kyle WilberLB,OLBApril 26, 19896'4"249Wake ForestOrlando, FL 151
27J.J. WilcoxSFebruary 14, 19916'0"219Georgia SouthernCairo, GA 134
83Terrance WilliamsWRSeptember 8, 19896'2"208BaylorDallas, TX 1615
57Damien WilsonLB,ILBMay 28, 19936'0"243MinnesotaGloster, MS 165
82Jason WittenTEMay 6, 19826'5"257TennesseeElizabethton, TN USA1616


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