Randy Eastburg is the owner of Valley Ridge Roofing and Construction in Flower Mound, Texas, which has generated more than $7 million in sales since the company’s founding in 2010. An avid sports fan, Randy Eastburg counts the Dallas Cowboys as his favorite NFL team.The 2018 NFL Draft was held in April, and the Cowboys used their first-round pick to select 6-foot-4, 240-pound linebacker Leighton Vander Esch, who spent the past three seasons at Boise State and recorded a combined 188 tackles, five quarterback sacks, four forced fumbles, and three interceptions. While one ESPN insider claimed Vander Esch has the potential to be one of the best zone linebackers in the draft, Sports Illustrated was less kind in its analysis of the pick, as writer Andy Benoit gave it a grade of “C." Acknowledging that Vander Esch could be a perfect replacement for the aging Sean Lee, Benoit felt the Cowboys could have used the first-round pick to improve the team’s wide receiver depth. Dallas had eight other picks in the seven-round draft and did use two picks on wide receivers. The team selected Michael Gallup from Colorado State as its 17th pick in the third round and Cedrick Wilson, Vander Esch's teammate at Boise State, as its 34th pick in the sixth round.
An experienced business owner, Randy Eastburg served over a decade as president of New Mexico's Cross Country Auto Sales before launching his current endeavor Valley Ridge Roofing and Construction in Flower Mound, Texas, in 2010. Beyond his business pursuits, Randy Eastburg is a passionate fan of the National Football League's (NFL) Dallas Cowboys.In 2014, the NFL established the Art Rooney Sportsmanship Award in honor of the late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers. The first three winners of the award were Larry Fitzgerald, Charles Woodson, and Frank Gore, and a Dallas Cowboys player has an opportunity to become the fourth winner of the award. The team nominated center Travis Frederick as its representative for the award, which will be presented on the weekend of Super Bowl LII in February 2018. A first-round pick of the Cowboys in the 2013 NFL Draft, Frederick is a three-time Pro Bowl player who serves as a captain with Dallas and has yet to miss a start in his five-year career. The eight finalists for the award will be chosen by a panel of four NFL legends (Curtis Martin, Karl Mecklenburg, Warrick Dunn, and Leonard Wheeler) and, from there, current players will vote for who they believe is the most deserving. The winner of the award receives a $25,000 donation toward the charity of his choice.
