D.D. Lewis, the Dallas Cowboys' all-time leader in postseason games played and one of the most underappreciated players in franchise history, has died. He was 79.

Drafted by the Cowboys in 1968, Lewis was a sixth-round pick out of Mississippi State, where he was an All-American and a College Football Hall of Famer. After a one-year military stint, he returned to the team in 1970, serving as a backup to Chuck Howley before stepping into the starting lineup in 1973.

"It took two or three years for it to click for me and understand what it's all about," Lewis once said during an interview for the Cowboys' Deep Blue documentary series.

"But especially when Chuck got hurt in the 1972 season, that's when I got my chance to play."

Over a career that spanned 13 years, all spent with the Cowb

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