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New Cowboys draftees ready to pitch in

Updated: April 30, 2011, 2:14 PM ET
By Calvin Watkins | ESPNDallas.com

IRVING, Texas -- Friday evening, the Dallas Cowboys didn't get the best player at a certain position; instead, they got the best players on their draft boards.

Dallas made two selections on Friday, getting linebacker Bruce Carter from North Carolina in the second round, with the 40th pick overall, and Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray in the third round, the 71st selection.

Carter, who started in 44 of 49 games for North Carolina, is coming off a reconstruction of his knee that ...

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