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Cowboys RB Ezekiel Elliott: Didn't even think about wearing Emmitt Smith's 22; 'would've been kind of disrespectful'

The Dallas Morning News

Running back Ezekiel Elliott, who played for Ohio State, sits for a photograph in his locker after he was introduced by the Dallas Cowboys after being drafted fourth overall in the 2016 NFL draft by the Cowboys at the team's headquarters in Irving, Texas, Friday April 29, 2016. (Andy Jacobsohn/The Dallas Morning News)

Ezekiel Elliott, the Cowboys' first-round draft pick, met the media Friday as rookie minicamp begins at Valley Ranch. The running back said he spent the last week since Dallas drafted him with the No. 4 pick relaxing in Columbus, Ohio, and cracking the playbook.