Overview
- The Cowboys informed Shiyazh Pete that they would waive him before final roster cuts, a move his agent announced publicly.
- Pete rose to national attention after a locker-room speech following a preseason win that went viral and drew a standing ovation from a section of Navajo Nation supporters at State Farm Stadium.
- He joined Dallas as an undrafted free agent after beginning his college career at New Mexico State and playing the 2025 season at Kentucky.
- Waived players enter a 24-hour claiming period during which any team can add them to its 53-man roster; unclaimed players become eligible to sign to practice squads.
- Pete could clear waivers and return to Dallas’s practice squad or be claimed by another team, and his brief spotlight has highlighted Native American representation in the NFL.