Welcome back to The Landry Hat's series on the best Dallas Cowboys players to wear every jersey number from No. 0 to No. 99.
Let's just go ahead and get this out of the way from the get-go: we might anger some people with this pick, as we're guessing that plenty figured this slot in the series would automatically go to former edge rusher Micah Parsons.
And had Jerry Jones paid him instead of trading him to the Green Bay Packers ahead of the 2025 season, there's basically no question that he would have taken this title at some point. But as things went down the way they did, he's not the pick.
But before we get to who did take the title (if you haven't guessed it already), let's first have a quick look at every player who's worn No. 11 for America's Team over the years.
- Cole Beasley, WR
- Drew Bledsoe, QB
- Parris Campbell, WR
- Don Heinrich, QB
- Buddy Humphrey, QB
- Akwasi Owusu-Ansah, DB
- Micah Parsons, EDGE
- Mac Percival, K
- Mike Quinn, QB
- Danny Villanueva, K
- Danny White, QB/P
- Roy Williams, WR
- Cedrick Wilson Jr., WR
- Wade Wilson, QB
Along with Parsons, wideout Cole Beasley and Drew Bledsoe are among those who stand out on this list. But the call here is Danny White, who is one of the franchise's greatest players at two positions.
Danny White has the fifth-most passing yards and the second-most punting yards in Cowboys history
While White may be best remembered as a quarterback, he was also a fantastic punter and played both positions at Arizona State, where he earned First-Team All-American honors in 1973.
The Cowboys took the Mesa, Arizona, native in the third round of the 1974 NFL Draft with the No. 53 overall selection, but Dallas wanted him mainly for his punting abilities, as Roger Staubach was the clear-cut QB1.
So, White opted not to sign and instead took his talents to the World Football League, playing for the Memphis Southmen for two seasons before the league folded.
White finally joined the Cowboys in 1976, serving as the starting punter and Staubach's backup. Staubach (spoiler alert, you'll see him in our next entry) retired following the 1979 season, and while White took over as QB1, he continued to serve as the starting punter through the 1984 campaign, making one last kick in 1985.
His 24,509 punting yards are still good for the second-most in Dallas history, trailing only the man who took over for him, Mike Saxon, who tallied 24,542 yards from 1985 to 1992.
As a quarterback, White sadly never really gets mentioned among the all-time Cowboys greats like Staubach and Aikman, as he failed to win a Super Bowl as a starter. However, he did get a ring as QB2 in 1977.
But make no mistake about it; he was a solid signal-caller in his day, leading Dallas to four consecutive postseason appearances to kick off the 1980s and three straight trips to the NFC Championship Game from 1980 to 1982, losing all three.
Injuries took their toll as his career progressed, and he retired ahead of the 1989 season.
Among all Cowboys quarterbacks, White owns the fifth-most regular-season wins (62) as a starter, the third-most playoff wins as a starter (five), the fifth-most regular-season passing yards (21,959), and the fourth-most regular-season touchdown passes (155), the third-most playoff passing yards (2,284), and the third-most playoff touchdown passes (15).
Need we say more?
Other Dallas Cowboys jersey honorees
- No. 0: Well, there's literally only one option here
- No. 1: Quietly one of Dallas' better special teams weapons
- No. 2: He once stood alone in the record books
- No. 3: This player needed just one season to make his mark
- No. 4: This is a no-brainer
- No. 5: This player has the third-most points in Cowboys history
- No. 6: The winner here just edged out a Pro Bowl history maker
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