Thank you Jerry Jones for making CeeDee Lamb wear number 88

Did you know that he is the 12th Dallas Cowboy to wear this historical number?

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Number Twelve

Did you know that CeeDee Lamb is the twelfth Cowboy to wear the number 88? I shared with you before that I don’t follow college football. When the Cowboys drafted CeeDee, with the 17th overall pick in the 2020 NFL draft it raised my eyebrows. Like most fans, I hopped on YouTube and began searching for his highlights from Oklahoma University.

CeeDee wore number 2 for the Sooners. Once drafted by the Cowboys we learned the story about Jerry’s high school buddy, Jerry Lamb. One he played football with who recently passed.

Jerry wanted CeeDee to honor him by wearing his number 88. Originally, Lamb wanted to wear the number 10, but that wasn’t in the cards. At least, not according to Dallas owner Jerry Jones.

Thanks to a unique group of Cowboys fans Built Differently we discovered the other lesser-known 88s. Even one who was murdered…