Cowboys Officially Sign 9 Free Agents As Rookies

FRISCO - It is our theory.

The Dallas Cowboys at this point of the offseason do not need "aging backups.''

That goes for Nick Chubb and Von Miller at Nick Chubb, and we suppose it also goes for Stephon Gilmore.

If they want backup bodies?

The conventional way to do, as Dallas launches into its rookie minicamp on Friday here at The Star ...

Kids. On the cheap.

So, in addition to Dallas' well-reviewed NFL Draft haul, the Cowboys have on Friday officially signed nine free agent rookies who went undrafted ... UDFAs.

They are ...

LB Justin Barron 

DB Zion Childress 

DB Alijah Clark 

TE Rivaldo Fairweather 

DB Bruce Harmon 

WR Traeshon Holden 

WR Josh Kelly 

TE Tyler Neville 

DB Mike Smith

Some dreams are suddenly alive. Most will die, frankly ... as none of these guys figure to ever match, say, first-round pick Tyler Booker, who on Friday signed his $22.5 million deal with a $13 million bonus.

Make no mistake about it, new Dallas Cowboys draftee Tyler Booker is already being penciled in as a Week 1 starter by the franchise.

And he’s getting paid like it, too.

The Cowboys and No. 12 pick Booker have agreed to a 4-year contract ...

Thus making him the first 1st-round pick to reach a deal this year.

That’s right … the Joneses signed up a guy first!

That's a bigger deal - in every way - than the 9 UDFAs.

 But it's a start. Young and cheap comes first.