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Drew Davison

Rookie class played major role in Cowboys' success, sets foundation

FRISCO, Texas _ The future is bright for the Dallas Cowboys and 2016 has the chance to go down as one of the franchise's best draft classes.

Running back Ezekiel Elliott and quarterback Dak Prescott put themselves in the MVP conversation as rookies, and those two have a chance to become superstars if they continue to put the team in Super Bowl contention.

But the class is deeper than that too.

The Cowboys also appear to have hit home runs, relative to the draft selection, of defensive tackle Maliek Collins (third round) and cornerback Anthony Brown (sixth round).

And let's not forget about linebacker Jaylon Smith who had a redshirt season as he recovered from major knee surgery. But Smith is viewed as an elite player when healthy.

A look at the rookies:

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