Ezekiel Elliott already has a lofty spot in Dallas Cowboys lore. Now the former Ohio State running back has to try to live up to it. The Cowboys took Elliott with the No. 4 overall pick in the NFL draft Thursday night, the highest spot for a running back in the 26 years that Jerry Jones has been the team’s owner and general manager. The only other running back to go higher for Dallas was Hall of Famer Tony Dorsett at No. 2 in 1977. And all-time NFL rushing leader Emmitt Smith, another player in the Hall of Fame, went 17th in 1990, the second draft under Jones. “I’m glad that my name’s even up there with those guys,” said Elliott, the No. 2 all-time rusher at Ohio State behind two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin. “I definitely don’t consider it a burden. I think I’m at my best in hard situations, situations of pressure.” Elliott has something of a head start…
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