{"id":130545,"date":"2022-03-13T19:04:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-13T23:04:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=130545"},"modified":"2022-03-13T19:04:25","modified_gmt":"2022-03-13T23:04:25","slug":"michael-gallup-signs-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2022\/03\/13\/michael-gallup-signs-contract\/","title":{"rendered":"Michael Gallup Signs Contract With Dallas Cowboys"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Longtime veteran wide receiver Michael Gallup signed a new contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Gallup has spent the first four seasons with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/cowboys\/\" target=\"_self\">Dallas Cowboys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cowboys?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Cowboys<\/a> are giving WR Michael Gallup a 5-year deal worth $62.5M, source said. A huge deal. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H3dEdX7LtM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/t.co\/H3dEdX7LtM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1503144829827661829?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">March 13, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Michael Gallup, Dallas Cowboys, Agree to Contract<\/h2>\n<p>Gallup&#8217;s 2021 was derailed by injuries. The young wide receiver was placed on the injured reserve list after the opener against the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/category\/nfl-teams\/buccaneers\/\" target=\"_self\">Tampa Bay Buccaneers<\/a>. Gallup was able to return in 2021 for the playoff push. Unfortunately, his season was cut short again due to an ACL rupture in week 17.<\/p>\n<p>Gallup\u2019s injury was unfortunate as the speedster was making a name for himself. The wide receiver had some nice games while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/L\/LambCe00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CeeDee Lamb<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/C\/CoopAm00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Amari Cooper<\/a> missed games with injuries and while on the COVID-19 reserve list. This injury is unfortunate heading into free agency as Gallup will likely miss most of the off-season with rehab.<\/p>\n<p>The wideout is coming off a productive 2020 and 2019 with 843 yards on 59 catches in 2020 and 1107 yards on 66 catches in 2019. Gallup also tallied 11 touchdowns over that two-year span. Before Dallas drafted Lamb, Gallup looked to be the clear number two receiver in Dallas.<\/p>\n<p>Gallup\u2019s rookie season was not as productive as his 2019 and 2020, but he was still a crucial part of the offense with 507 yards on 33 catches with two touchdowns. He has produced every year in Dallas and made a great hand for the Cowboys when Cooper is covered up or injured.<\/p>\n<p>Before Dallas drafted Gallup, he started his college career at Butler Community College. Gallup exploded onto the scene against the Dodge City Community College Conquistadors as a freshman. He had five catches for 287 yards and three touchdowns against the Conqs. He then moved on to Colorado State University where he set a school-record 100 receptions with 1,413 yards and seven touchdowns. While at CSU he tallied 176 receptions with 2,690 yards and 21 total touchdowns. He was a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pro-football-reference.com\/players\/B\/BileFr00.htm?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fred Biletnikoff<\/a> Award finalist his senior year and one of the best receivers to graduate from Colorado State University.<\/p>\n<p>Main photo:<br \/>\n<a id=\"AieyWSbwTONY4RVd3nes-g\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.com\/detail\/1356891501\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'AieyWSbwTONY4RVd3nes-g',sig:'k1fuzvbV2W91yp16a_sodDk9_YiCidlodWpNoFMQiEU=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1356891501',caption: true ,tld:'com',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NFL veteran Michael Gallup signed a new contract. The wide receiver spent the 2021 season with the Dallas Cowboys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3737,"featured_media":130575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[8848,7422,3571],"class_list":["post-130545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","tag-2022-nfl-free-agency","tag-dallas-cowboys-news","tag-michael-gallup"],"modified_by":"David Latham, Managing Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3737"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}