I wouldnt have carried Roy Williams pads either dude was a bum lol
Former Cowboys WR Jesse Holley says Dez Bryant refused to pay a $52,000 rookie dinner bill
โI was a part of one of the most epic rookie dinners in all of sports. The Dez Bryant rookie dinner. The famous $52,000 at Pappas Bros dinnerโ
โDez Bryant comes into the National Football League and it's the culture of, โHey rookies, you carry pads.โ Dez came in and dead set on, โI am not carrying padsโโ
โAt the time, the vet of the group was Roy Williams, receiver. Roy was like, โYou're gonna carry my pads.โ Dez was dead set, โI'm not carrying padsโโ
โIf there's a veteran on the team and you're a rookie kind of disrespecting a veteran, the other veterans go like, โOh really?โ So there was this back and forth thing between Dez and Roy all yearโ
โSo we get to the rookie dinner and we're at Pappas Bros in Dallas, and Dez is lateโ
โBy the time Dez got there, they asked, โWhat's the most expensive liquor you have?โ They said, โWe have this bottle of Louis XIII Rare Cask.โ They gotta put the white gloves on, wheel it out, hit a button, and this thing opens up with this illuminating lightโ
โ$1,300 a shot. I'm like, โHey, I don't drink, but I am drinking this. I am not leaving this place without getting a chance to say that I had a $1,300 shotโโ
โWe're buying wagyu kobe beef steaks, I got two. They got the shrimp and lobster towers. They bought the biggest bottle of Ace of Spades. They're pouring it in a flower pot in this private room. It is going insaneโ
โDez finally shows up about 45 minutes late. We're finished. The damage has been done. They brought the bill and it was $52,000โ
โThe way that Dez spazzed out and said, โI'm not paying it.โ The way that it goes in the NFL is first round rookie pays the majority of it. The next pick kind of picks up some, they break it down first round, second round, third round, etc. etc. etc.โ
โStory goes, I don't know how this ended, I left. Once I got my $1,300 shot, I ate my kobe wagyu beef steak and shrimp I got my stuff to go because I had steak and eggs the next morningโ
โEveryone left Pappas Bros with this bill of $52,000 because Dez refused to pay. Story has it that Jerry Jones eventually picked up the tab because we were there as Cowboysโ