Top 10 biggest Dallas Cowboys NFL draft busts of all time

9. Ebenezer Ekuban, DE, North Carolina (1999, No. 20 overall)

Fresh off a 10-6 campaign that ended with a wild-card defeat, the Cowboys were in desperate need of some more pass rushing help with a unit that really struggled to get after the quarterback. With their leading sack-getter notching just six total in 1998, the 20th overall selection netted them the North Carolina edge rusher. Through five seasons with the team, Ekuban totaled just 12.5 sacks.

His final two years with the Cowboys brought a starting role, but Ekuban posted his career-high sack number of eight, the year after he departed the organization for the Cleveland Browns. The Tar Heel product would go on to finish his next four seasons in the NFL with 24 sacks, nearly double the amount of his totals in Dallas.