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The Dallas Cowboys signed safety Gerald Sensabaugh to a one-day contract Thursday in order to allow the veteran to retire with the team.

Sensabaugh originally signed with Dallas as a free agent on March 10, 2009 and played his final four years in the league with the Cowboys.

A former fifth-round draft pick of Jacksonville in 2005, the North Carolina product started 84 of 112 games in his career and totaled 469 tackles and 14 interceptions.