{"id":414895,"date":"2026-08-23T22:16:32","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414895\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T22:16:32","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T22:16:32","slug":"former-uk-player-gets-warm-welcome-during-dallas-cowboys-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/414895\/","title":{"rendered":"Former UK player gets warm welcome during Dallas Cowboys game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Former UK player gets warm welcome from Navajo Nation during Dallas Cowboys game<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/057347bd-ee22-46aa-90df-94bdc367f28a_1770245193.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Jennifer Osting\" loading=\"lazy\"\/>DALLAS \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">A former University of Kentucky football player recently made history by becoming the first Navajo Nation player to sign with an NFL team, and on Saturday, Shiyazh Pete got a reminder that an entire community is behind him. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The former Kentucky player took the field for the Cowboys Saturday night as they faced the Arizona Cardinals in a preseason matchup, a game they would go on to win 34-13. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">But while Pete was busy on the field, a special group of fans was making sure he knew exactly who was cheering him on. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">A full section of Navajo Nation members showed up to the game to fill the stands in support of Pete. <\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dallascowboys\/video\/7677092498715577630<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">Pete signed with the Cowboys as an undrafted free agent following the 2026 NFL Draft,  making him the first Navajo Nation member to pen a deal with an NFL team. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\">The heartwarming moment also caught the attention of Cowboys head coach Brian Schottenheimer, who said it was something he had never experienced during his 25-year career in the NFL. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"7\">Schottenheimer invited Pete to speak to his teammates in the locker room after the game. <\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dallascowboys\/video\/7677162213479681293<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"9\">&#8220;Fate has brought us here as strangers,&#8221; he told his teammates. &#8220;But this game, this star, this team will make us brothers.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"10\">With his debut now behind him, Pete&#8217;s focus shifts back to the reality of the NFL preseason. <\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"11\">The rookie offensive lineman will now continue competing through training camp in hopes of securing a permanent spot on the Cowboys&#8217; 53-man roster. <\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former UK player gets warm welcome from Navajo Nation during Dallas Cowboys game DALLAS \u2014 A former University&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414896,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-414895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414895"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414895\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414896"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}