Dallas Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson Friday announced the release of Michael Downs, the team's starting free safety for the past eight seasons.

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Downs, 29, played at South Oak Cliff High School in Dallas and was signed by the Cowboys in 1981 as a free agent out of Rice University.

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