IRVING, Texas -- Dallas Cowboys safety Patrick Watkins signed his restricted free-agent contract Thursday, bringing back one of the club's top special-teams players.
Any team that wanted Watkins only would have needed to give up a fifth-round draft pick, but he didn't find any takers. So he came back for nearly $1.2 million, his original-round tender price.
Wide receivers Miles Austin and Sam Hurd, safety Gerald Sensabaugh and offensive lineman Duke Preston are Dallas' restricted free agents who have yet to sign.
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