Dallas Cowboys Sign Journeyman Running Back To One-Year Deal

The Dallas Cowboys have signed free agency NFL running back Royce Freeman to a one-year contract.

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Freeman, 28, was selected in the third round of the 2018 NFL Draft by the Denver Broncos.

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Those remain his career highs.

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