Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones credited an experimental trial drug for successfully treating advanced melanoma as he disclosed his cancer diagnosis publicly for the first time.

Many Dallas Cowboys fans were stunned to learn that team owner Jerry Jones quietly battled stage 4 melanoma for a decade. The revelation was first hinted in the upcoming Netflix documentary America’s Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones said that he has dealt with Stage 4 melanoma and that an experimental trial drug saved his life. In the fifth episode of the Netflix documentary "America's Team: The Gambler and His Cowboys" that debuts next week,