Five Things to Know About the Taco Charlton Selection

The Dallas Cowboys used to be a team filled with great nicknames—Doomsday Defense, Too Tall, the Manster, Hollywood, and so on.

(The Tony Romo nicknames never quite caught on, at least not in a good way.)

Well, the Cowboys took a player with a great nickname of Taco. Plenty of people wanted Dallas to take T.J. Watt (who ended up going to Pittsburgh), but others are happy the Cowboys have Taco Charlton.

Here are a few trivial matters about the pick: Dallas has not taken a player from Michigan since selecting running back Tony Boles in the 11th round in 1991. And Boles never played a down of football in the NFL.

The only player from Michigan ever selected by the Cowboys in the first round was…