2-time Super Bowl champion signs with hometown team

SportsTwo-time Super Bowl champion Von Miller has signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys. Miller is a native of DeSoto, Texas, located about 25 minutes south of Dallas. (AP Photo/Daniel Kucin Jr.)APFormer All-Pro pass rusher Von Miller is headed home to Texas.Miller, the NFL’s active leader in career sacks, has signed a one-year contract with the Dallas Cowboys.“Hereee Weee Gooo,” Miller wrote in an Instagram post announcing the news.Miller is a native of DeSoto, Texas, located about 25 minutes south of Dallas. He also played college football at Texas A&M.Miller, a two-time Super Bowl champion, enters his 15th NFL season. He spent the 2025 season with the Cowboys’ NFC East rival Washington Commanders, where he had 26 tackles and nine sacks in 17 games. He also previously played for the Buffalo Bills, Los Angeles Rams and Denver Broncos, which drafted him No. 2 overall in the 2011 NFL Draft. He won a Super Bowl with the Rams in the 2021 NFL season and one with the Broncos in the 2015 season.Miller has 138.5 career sacks, the most among active NFL players and tied for 13th all-time with Hall of Famer DeMarcus Ware, who also played for Dallas and Denver. For his career, Miller also has 607 tackles, 271 quarterback hits and 27 forced fumbles in 203 games played. He has eight Pro Bowl selections and three First Team All-Pro honors.The Cowboys open their 2026 regular season on “Sunday Night Football” at the New York Giants on Sept. 13.Zach Mentz is Trending Sports Reporter for cleveland.com / The Plain Dealer and its parent company, Advance Local. His past interviews include NFL Hall of Famer Calvin Johnson, Heisman Trophy winner Ricky...