Two more rookies reach deal with Cowboys

STAR-TELEGRAM STAFF

SAN ANTONIO -- The Cowboys agreed to contract terms with rookies Alan Ball and Doug Free Tuesday afternoon.

The Cowboys have agreed to terms with three of their eight draft picks. Training camp practices begin Wednesday at the Alamodome.

Ball, a cornerback, was a seventh-round draft pick from Illinois. Free, a tackle from Northern Illinois, was drafted in the fourth round.

Fullback Deon Anderson, a sixth-round pick from Connecticut, agreed to terms last week.

--Staff writer Clarence E. Hill Jr., chill@star-telegram.com