IRVING, Texas -- Just in time to head to Oxnard, DFW native receiver Dezmon Briscoe is joining Cowboys as one of 11 receivers on the roster.
Young veteran receiver Dezmon Briscoe is joining theDallas Cowboys just in time for the team's Tuesday departure for traing camp in Oxnard. He's part of a suddenly deep group of receivers led by Pro Bowler Dez Bryant but is highly-thought-of enough to force the release of rookie defensive tackle Chris Whaley, the Texas product who had been a possible year-long "redshirt" candidate due to injury. (Whaley could be re-signed later by Dallas.)
Briscoe, a product of Cedar Hill High and the University of Kansas, was a 2010 sixth-round pick of the Bengals. Later that year he landed in Tampa Bay. The at 6-2, 210-pounder has since been with the Redskins, but he hasn't played in a regular season game since 2012 (as he was IR'ed in Washington last year).
Briscoe's career numbers: 43 catches for 502 yards and seven touchdowns in 25 games. The former Kansas Jayhawk missed last season
In other Valley Ranch news: linebacker Justin Durantreports via Twitter that Jason Witten's plan to have Cowboys players undergo their pre-camp conditioning drill in Texas on Monday rather than in the cool of Oxnard later in the week was a success.
"Everybody passed the conditioning test today," Durant tweeted. "Boys put in work during the break."
