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Ryan Shazier Reveals He Was Told The Dallas Cowboys Were Drafting Him

Ryan Shazier the…Dallas Cowboy? Evidently, it almost happened. A guest host on Cam Heyward’s most recent Not Just Football podcast, Shazier took the show through his draft night and how the Cowboys told Shazier’s camp he was headed to Dallas. Until the Pittsburgh Steelers stepped in and snatched him away.

“This was around the time of the draft I thought I was going to get drafted,” Shazier told Heyward. “14th or later…my agent ran up to me and said, ‘Ryan, I just wanted to let you know with the next pick you’re getting picked by the Dallas Cowboys.