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Cowboys top pick OK with Sanders-like expectations

The Columbian
Published: April 26, 2012, 5:00pm

IRVING, Texas (AP) — Morris Claiborne looks forward to the chance of trying to do what cornerback Deion Sanders did for the Dallas Cowboys.

The Cowboys traded up eight spots and gave up a second-round pick to get Claiborne with the sixth overall pick in the NFL draft. Dallas owner Jerry Jones says the All-American from LSU is a difference-maker and the best cornerback prospect Cowboys’ scouts have graded since Sanders, the Hall of Famer and key part of their last Super Bowl championship.

During a visit to the Cowboys’ facility Friday, Claiborne said he must be doing something right to hear his name in the same sentence with Sanders.

Claiborne says Sanders was a great player and that he’s now going to try to leave his own mark on the Cowboys.

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