The highlight of the NFL Draft was a dad on the Cowboys getting to draft his son

• The Dallas Cowboys selected running back Deuce Vaughn in the sixth round of the NFL Draft.
• Vaughn is the son of Cowboys scout Chris Vaughn, who was in the Cowboys' war room.

It's not often that the best pick of the NFL Draft comes in the sixth round, but this past Saturday, that was certainly the case for the Dallas Cowboys.

Having already shored up their line in the first round with defensive tackle Mazi Smith out of Michigan in the first round and finding a replacement for departing tight end Dalton Schultz with Luke Schoonmaker in the second round, the Cowboys looked elsewhere in the later rounds of the draft.

Where they looked was at Kansas State running back Deuce Vaughn, who is the son of Cowboys' assistant director of college scouting Chris Vaughn.

According to ESPN, the elder Vaughn had kept himself away from the conversation involving his son leading up to the draft, not writing a report on him as a potential draft pick and excusing himself from the room when the team discussed him.

But in the sixth round, the Cowboys made the pick — Deuce would be heading to Dallas for training camp. And the team let Chris be the one to make the call.

"Look here, man, do you want to come to work with me next week?" the elder Vaughn asked his son on the phone.

"I wouldn't mind that at all," Deuce said on the other end of the line.

Cameras in the Cowboys' war room captured the moment.

"I've never had an experience like that in the draft room. Ever," team owner Jerry Jones said after the pick.

"In 30 years of this league, I've never seen anything like that," head coach Mike McCarthy agreed. "That was a very special moment."

Deuce has some work to do before he's carrying the ball for the Cowboys on Sundays. Tony Pollard currently leads the team's depth chart at running back, and Dallas also signed Ronald Jones as a free agent in the offseason. Jerry Jones has even hinted that Ezekiel Elliott could potentially return to the team after his release earlier in the year.

But Deuce is getting his chance, and as he does, his dad will be there to cheer him on.