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Cowboys news: Mazi Smith feels ready for the season

There’s nothing better than the eagerness of a first-round draft pick.

“Let’s get to work, please,” he said while walking through The Star in Frisco for the first time this past April. “I’m ready to hit somebody in their face. I’m not playing.”

He was smiling but, as he noted, he was not kidding around.

But while he won’t get his wish in OTAs and minicamp, he already has the coaching staff buzzing about his hunger to get going … and his potential to do multiple things.

“For a guy like Mazi, you can’t wait to see him in pads,” said head coach Mike McCarthy as OTAs concluded.