Pro Football Hall of Famer Gil Brandt, one of the architects who helped turn the Cowboys from an expansion franchise into 'America's Team,' has died at age 91.
Landry was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1990 and Schramm in 1991, but Brandt had to wait to join them until 2019, when he was inducted as a contributor. He is also in the Cowboys' Ring of Honor, added in 2018.
Brandt is credited with being the first in the NFL to use computers to enter number grades for prospects at each position in evaluation for the NFL draft and the first to test prospects' mental makeup under pressure through psychological testing. Brandt said the Cowboys had a system in place that,"if we would follow the computer, we'd do all right."
"Gil Brandt set the standard for all scouts and personnel executives to follow, and aspire to, in the NFL,'' Jones said when he accepted the offer to present Brandt at his induction."Gil changed the NFL in the draft room and is more than worthy of this recognition.''
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