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Cowboys rookie Randy Gregory signs 4-year, $3.8 million deal

Published May. 20, 2015 8:03 p.m. ET

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IRVING - The Cowboys signed second-round pass-rusher Randy Gregory to his four-year contract on Wednesday, a deal sources tell FOX Sports Southwest is worth $3.8 million and includes a $1 million signing bonus.

Dallas considered the Nebraska star as a top-10 player on its board and contemplated picking him with the 27th overall selection in the NFL Draft. Instead, the Cowboys chose cornerback Byron Jones. But when Gregory kept sliding -- in part because of a failed drug test at the NFL Scouting Combine -- Dallas took him with the No. 60 overall pick.

Gregory says he's "barely scratched the surface as a player and a person," and the Cowboys agree, with defensive line coach Leon Lett and two other ex-Cowboys stars, Michael Irvin and Charles Haley, in line to mentor him.

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