Ezekiel Elliott on Cowboys return: 'Got unfinished business'

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Ezekiel Elliott said he signed with the Cowboys because he has 'unfinished business' after spending the first seven years of his career in Dallas.

Todd Archer is an NFL reporter at ESPN and covers the Dallas Cowboys. Archer has covered the NFL since 1997 and Dallas since 2003. He joined ESPN in 2010. You can follow him on Twitter at @toddarcher.was introduced to the crowd at Riders Field before the Reliant Energy Home Run Derby Wednesday, it was as if Elliott was home again."It was just important to me just to get back here and finish what I started," Elliott said at the Cowboys' annual fundraiser.

In 103 games, he ran for 8,262 yards on 1,881 carries with 68 touchdowns. He caught 305 passes for 2,336 yards with 12 touchdowns. He led the Patriots last year in rushing yards and receptions and while has not had a 100-yard rushing game since 2021, he is not ready to concede his status as a starting running back.

"At the end of the day I'm a football player. I love this game," Elliott said."I think I still am a dominant guy. I've got to go out there and prove that. That's a motivation. I think we all know how I feel about competing and leaving it all out there for my teammates.""He's a real guy," Prescott said."He's honest, what you see is what you get.

Elliott said he is still learning the slight changes made to the offense now that Mike McCarthy is calling the plays. He will be asked to lead a different running back room from when he left with. The Cowboys did not select a running back in last week's draft but did agree to terms with undrafted free agent Nathaniel Peat.There will be one thing different in Elliott's return. His uniform number, moving from the No. 21 he wore in Dallas to the No.

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