What did the Dallas Cowboys give up to acquire Roy Williams?”
Roy Eugene Williams, Jr. (born December 20, 1981) is an American football wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Detroit Lions 7th overall in the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at The University of Texas. Williams was traded to the Dallas Cowboys on October 14, 2008 for first, third and sixth round picks in the 2009 NFL Draft (the Cowboys also received a seventh round pick from the Lions in the 2010 draft). He was then signed to a new contract through the 2014 season; Roy Williams agreed to a 6 year, $54 million contract, along with $26 million guaranteed. In his first season with the Cowboys, Williams started seven games, caught 19 passes for 198 yards and one touchdown.
The Dallas Cowboys acquired wide receiver Roy Williams from the Detroit Lions on Tuesday. The Cowboys will give up a first-round pick in 2009, plus a third- and sixth-rounder that year for Williams and a seventh-round pick in ’10. The Cowboys and Williams agreed to a five-year extension worth $45 million, including more than $20 million guaranteed, a source told ESPN senior NFL analyst Chris Mortensen. The contract language is still being finalized. “I’m more happy to be a Dallas Cowboy than when I got my first bike,” said Williams, an Odessa, Texas, native who went to the University of Texas. Cowboys owner Jerry Jones believes Williams is a game-breaker who provides an immediate boost to a faltering offense that is now without quarterback Tony Romo, and views him as a potential long-term solution as the eventual replacement for an aging Terrell Owens, according to another high-ranking Cowboys source. Williams’ last three seasons Since making the Pro Bowl in 2006, his third NFL season,
