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Report: Cowboys shopping CB Jenkins

Published Apr. 27, 2012 1:00 a.m. ET

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The Dallas Cowboys were widely reported to be looking to shop cornerback Mike Jenkins during the 2012 NFL Draft, following the arrival of LSU's Morris Claiborne.

The Cowboys traded up eight places from No. 14 to select Claiborne, the consensus top cornerback in the draft, with the sixth overall pick Thursday night.

His addition appears to have made Jenkins surplus to requirements in the team's secondary, given the arrival of free agent Brandon Carr and the extension of Orlando Scandrick's contract.

Both Pro Football Talk and NFL.com quoted sources confirming that the Cowboys were looking to trade him, apparently to recoup a draft pick they gave up to sanction the blockbuster Claiborne trade.

Jenkins is entering the final year of the rookie contract he signed with Dallas as a first-round pick out of South Florida in 2008's draft and was expected to want a hefty deal to re-sign.

As a Pro Bowl selection in 2009, Jenkins was thought to seek more than the $50.1 million handed to Carr, who has not been to the Pro Bowl.

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