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America’s Sweethearts:<\/i>Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders<\/i><\/a>star Dayton Bramhall<\/b>‘s journey to dance for the iconic NFL team is officially over.<\/p>\n

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“It’s been a year, so I feel great. My life has completely changed in the last year, like, new job, new career, new city [and] I have a boyfriend now. Life has changed completely,” Dayton, 28, said on the Friday, June 26, episode of the “Baddie Besties” podcast<\/span><\/a>. “I think when I said I was done auditioning, I really meant I was done.”<\/p>\n

As fans saw in America’s Sweethearts <\/i>season 3, Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders director Kelli Finglass <\/b>and choreographer Judy Trammell <\/b>cut Dayton ahead of training camp<\/span><\/a> for the 2025-2026 season. Dayton, who has failed to make the team twice before, is the daughter of team associate choreographer and former DCC cheerleader Shelly Bramhall<\/b>.<\/p>\n

While Shelly was overwhelmingly emotional that her daughter’s dreams were dashed, Dayton proclaimed in a confessional that she was done trying to make the team.<\/p>\n

“I really put it behind me at that moment and I just, kind of, moved on from there,” Dayton said on Friday. “I feel really content this time around \u2026 and fulfilled to say the least. I did what I needed to do. I worked my butt off all year. In between the last time I was in training camp [and] the last time I auditioned for finals, I worked so hard and that’s all I could do.”<\/p>\n

According to Dayton, she simply wanted to try “as much as [she] could” and her best.<\/p>\n

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“I gave it my all and it didn’t work,” she acknowledged. “So, I’ll use my abilities somewhere else, and that’s what I’ve been doing and it’s been great.”<\/p>\n

The DCC is currently in training camp, where Judy and Kelli’s teams are whittling down the cheerleading hopefuls to set their roster for the 2026-2027 NFL season. Dayton, for her part, opted against trying out.<\/p>\n

“I was encouraged to come back,” Dayton alleged on Friday’s podcast episode. “My mom and I separately had conversations<\/a> with staff of me returning and trying again because it was told there was a place for me there, I just had to work for it.”<\/p>\n

She continued, “[They told me that] it wasn’t impossible for me to make the team. I had to really work for it. I was given a lot of feedback because of who my mom is and they expected a lot out of me, and while that seems like it could be a lot of pressure, I actually appreciate that.”<\/p>\n

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Copyright 2026 Us Weekly. All rights reserved<\/i><\/p>\n

This story was originally published June 28, 2026 at 5:14 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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