Michael Gallup has hands and he plans to use them for the Dallas Cowboys.

It was a foregone conclusion the team would grab at least one wide receiver in this year's NFL Draft, and they steadily expanded their view to cover both potential early, mid- and late-round picks. It was a smart play in the event things happened during the draft that forced them to adjust on the fly, which it inevitably did, and the team could ill-afford to walk away from three days and seven rounds of selections without grabbing another impact wideout at some point. Only days after owner Jerry Jones made it clear there were no replacements for Dez Bryant currently on the roster, they made the call in the third round to grab Gallup, dropping him into a cavernous void left behind by the release of the All-Pro.

The rookie will have some sizable cleats to fill considering what Bryant did for the organization over the course of his NFL career, but Gallup is a physical WR who has all the tools to get the job done. One of his biggest assets comes by way of his catch radius and eagerness to reel the ball in with his hands instead of his body, the latter being a perennial knock to a player like Terrance Williams -- who recently admitted his need to improve in that arena, saying he "can't disagree" when told he needs to use his hands.

[READ: Terrance Williams thanks Cowboys' fans for tough love, vows to improve]

For his part, Gallup says it's never something you'll have to worry about with him, given his attacking demeanor.

“If you’re not aggressive, you’re going to get beat up," said the rookie, via David Moore of The Dallas Morning News. "I’m going to go up there and get it. I’m going to high point it. I like to catch with my hands. I don’t like body catches. I’m definitely a strong-willed wide receiver.”

The definition of an athlete in its purest form, Gallup lettered in four sports during his high school days (football, baseball, track and basketball). He pulls a skill from each sport seemingly on-demand, and can be a handful to cover. There's no denying he can deliver at the NFL level, having racked up a massive 2,685 receiving yards and 21 touchdowns in only 26 games with the Rams, en route to earning First-Team All-Mountain West honors and a 2017 Consensus All-American nod in the process. A junior college transfer that has had to work his way up to the big stage, don't discount the intangible of his will to prove everyone wrong.

He still needs small bit of polish, but pencil him in as the team's newest starting X receiver going forward -- because he'll most certainly come in... handy.