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Ezekiel Elliott on Future in Dallas: 'I Do Want to be a Cowboy for the Rest of my Life'

Cowboys running back Ezekiel Elliott wants to finish his NFL career where it started: With the Dallas Cowboys.

In an interview with Maxim published Monday morning, Elliott broke his silence amid his ongoing contract holdout to discuss his position, his contract negotiations and his future with the franchise that drafted him.

"I love playing for the Dallas Cowboys, I love the organization, my teammates. I do want to be a Cowboy for the rest of my life and hopefully that’s a possibility,” Elliott told Maxim. “But even Emmitt Smith, the greatest running back ever, ended up going to play a couple of years for another organization.