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No. 99 WR Cole Beasley: Cowboys Top 100 Countdown to the 2025 season
No. 99 WR Cole Beasley: Cowboys Top 100 Countdown to the 2025 season
WR Cole Beasley played for the Dallas Cowboys from 2010 through 2018. Although he's said a lot that in his time since leaving the organization that has led a lot of the fanbase to sour on him, his contributions while in uniform cannot be denied.
Beasley was flat out one of the most efficient receivers in the NFL. According to data analyst Daniel Houston, from 2013 through 2019, 1,167 receivers caught an NFL pass. Beasley ranked No. 30 in receiving expected-points-added (EPA) over that stretch. The former UDFA from SMU spent his career being one of the most sure-handed, first-down conversion machines (44% rate since 2013) the league has seen over that span.
Beasley was a bridge between two eras, being the primary slot target for both Tony Romo and Dak Prescott. In his 103 games with the club, he caught 556 passes for 5,744 yards while reeling in 34 touchdowns, building up a 30 Career AV with the club before moving on to Buffalo.
America's Team indeed.
The Dallas Cowboys have been in existence since 1960, and as a franchise born through cunning chicanery, they embody the spirit of American sports, doing any and everything necessary to earn a seat at the table. From the moment they held the rights to the then-Washington Redskins fight song hostage until their franchise received the green light, they've been at the forefront of a game that has captured the attention of the American public.
Leading up to the NFL's 100th season, 2019, Cowboys Wire first ran a Top 100 countdown of the franchise's best players. The list was revisited in 2022 and now a new tradition will be established, updating the list every three seasons. Dallas has been the home of many of the league's best players and a handful of its most colorful personalities. A formula was necessary to measure individual impact across the last seven decades that produced eight trips to the Super Bowl and five championships.
Starting with Pro Football Reference's Approximate Value metric — a useful tool to help evaluate contributions across the various eras — each member of the organization was scored on their career achievements, three-season peaks, game-by-game greatness, longevity and postseason contributions.
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