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Dallas Cowboys training camp is now in full swing following the team’s first practice of training camp on Tuesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

As the team approaches the 2025 NFL season, there will be fierce competition and heartbreaking roster cuts.<\/p>\n

If anyone can relate to that, it’s the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders, who completed a summer bootcamp and vigorous audition process before finalizing the squad for the 2025 season this month.<\/p>\n

MORE:\u00a0<\/strong>Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders reveal massive pay raise in Netflix series<\/p>\n

Maddy Unger was one of the lucky six women to make th esquad as a rookie for the for upcoming season.<\/p>\n

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The Omaha native will now be a staple on the sideline for 2025, so let’s get to know her a little bit more.<\/p>\n

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Maddy graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, where she was a member of the Husker Scarlets Dance Team for all four years, cheering on the Cornhuskers football team.<\/p>\n

Now, she will continue bringing the spirit on one of the biggest stages in sports.<\/p>\n

Before joining DCC, Maddy got advice from fellow Nebraskans and Cowboys cheerleaders Kelcey Wetterberg and Claire Wolford.<\/p>\n

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Lifelong dancer<\/h2>\n
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Maddy Unger \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Maddy began dancing at the age of 4 for Fusion Dance Omaha, before joining Millard West at 15, according to a profile in the Omaha World-Herald. <\/em>Her coach, Laura Pickett, immediately knew she would be a star.<\/p>\n

“Honestly, Maddy has had this star quality and undeniable \u2018it\u2019 factor since the first time I saw her dance at 14 years old at a youth clinic,” she said. “Her movement, her danceability, is very elite. It\u2019s clean, it\u2019s precise, it\u2019s effortless. She genuinely enjoys what she\u2019s doing.”<\/p>\n

MORE: <\/strong>Meet Brenley Herrera: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader 2025 rookie<\/p>\n

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Maddy Unger \/ Instagram<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Before officially auditioning to become a Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader, Maddy attended the DCC Prep Intensive in March of this year. There, she got an idea of what it would take to suit up as a member of DCC.<\/p>\n

“What an amazing + inspiring weekend in Dallas,” she wrote about the experience on Instagram.<\/p>\n

The hard work paid off.<\/p>\n

You can learn more about the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders by streaming\u00a0Season 2 of\u00a0America’s Sweethearts: Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,\u00a0<\/em>which is now\u00a0available on Netflix. The season consists of seven episodes, with each episode running approximately one hour.<\/p>\n

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