After a year away, running back Ezekiel Elliott is coming home to Dallas.
Elliott and the Dallas Cowboys are reuniting, according to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero.
Elliott, 27, spent the first seven seasons of his career with the Cowboys after they drafted him in 2016 with the fourth overall pick. He had several outstanding seasons with Dallas, but when the Cowboys drafted running back Tony Pollard in 2019, it seemed like owner Jerry Jones had handpicked Elliott’s successor. So they let Elliott leave after the 2022 season, and he signed a one-year deal with the New England Patriots.
But Pollard didn’t get the Cowboys any closer to that Super Bowl trophy, and signed a three-year deal with the Tennessee Titans during the offseason. And Elliott had a reasonably productive year with the Patriots, but hadn’t yet signed a deal for the 2024 season.
So it wasn’t a major surprise when it was reported in late March that Elliott and the Cowboys were both interested in a reunion. Then the two parties reportedly met the day before the 2024 NFL Draft to further discuss their interest in each other. And when Dallas didn’t use any of their draft picks on a running back, a position they need to fill, it was obvious whose doorway the Cowboys would be darkening next: Elliott’s.
No information has been reported on the length or compensation involved in Elliott’s new deal. But at the very least, the Cowboys no longer need to worry about filling that vital spot for the 2024 season.
