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The Top Cowboy

Jason Witten is the Cowboys' all-time leading receiver.

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The Top Cowboy

POSTED: Friday, November 9, 2012, 12:00 AM
Bob Vetrone Jr.

With seven catches against the Falcons Sunday, tight end Jason Witten became the Cowboys’ all-time leader in receptions.

The nine Dallas players 300 or more catches:

 Player  Seasons       Rec.  Yards    Avg.    Long     TD
 Jason Witten  2003-12  754  8,477  11.2  69  42
 Michael Irvin  1998-99  750    11,904  15.9  t87  65
 Drew Pearson    1973-84  489  7,822  16.0  t67  48
 Emmitt Smith  1990-02  486  3,012  6.2  85  11
 Tony Hill  1977-86  479  7,988  16.7  t75  51
 Tony Dorsett  1977-87  382  3,432  9.0  t91  13
 Bob Hayes  1965-74  365  7,295  20.0  t95  71
 Jay Novacek  1990-96  339  3,576  10.5  t49  22
 Doug Crosbie  1979-88  300  3,728  12.4  t61  30
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Boop – who goes by Bob Vetrone Jr. when he is undercover or paying bills – has been at the Daily News since 1982, after working for five years at the Philadelphia Bulletin up to its closing. Along with helping to build the sports scoreboards most nights, he has had great input into the papers’ special sports pullouts – March Madness, Broad Street Run, Record Breakers, Greatest Moments – as well as its day-to-day, award-winning event coverage.

A 1980 graduate of North Catholic, he took some evening college courses. Those lasted right up until the first conflict with a Big 5 doubleheader.

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