The Dallas Cowboys swore up and down that they had found a diamond in the rough in Western Illinois UDFA Dennis Houston. QB Dak Prescott was enamored with the wideout, stating he was always where he needed to be when the QB was ready to target him. He was such a revelation that he ended up being one of a handful of UDFA’s to make the club out of camp. Even more to his credit, Houston was active on the 48-man game-day roster, ahead of third-round selection Jalen Tolbert.
Unfortunately, once the games mattered, the results weren’t there. Houston saw five targets in Week 1, catching two of them for 16 yards. That was on 39 offensive snaps. In Week 2, he saw just 21 snaps and only one target, failing to register a reception. Before Week 3, his NFL dreams had to hit the pause button for a while. Dallas waived the rookie on Tuesday.