Where does Cade Cunningham's Cowboys fandom come from?
Cade Cunningham was born in Arlington, Texas, on September 25, 2001, and he attended James Bowie High School there before finishing at Montverde Academy in Florida. Athlon Sports, in a piece carried by Yardbarker on December 4, 2025, wrote that he "was born in Arlington, Texas, and grew up a Dallas Cowboys fan." Pride Of Detroit had already described the Dallas Cowboys as his favorite NFL team in March 2022, shortly after he was drafted first overall by the Detroit Pistons.
The firsthand statement came in December 2025, when he told RoundtableSports he has been a Cowboys fan his whole life. EssentiallySports reported on December 5, 2025 that when he was asked what he expected from the Cowboys, he answered that they were going to the Super Bowl.
What is Cade Cunningham's connection to the Oklahoma State Cowboys?
Cunningham played one season at Oklahoma State, 2020 to 2021, before the Pistons took him in the first round of the 2021 draft. The tie shows up in the same Pride Of Detroit piece from March 23, 2022. Asked to pick someone, he went with Barry Sanders and called him his "fellow Oklahoma State alum." That is a statement about a school he attended, and it is the only link to the Oklahoma State Cowboys on record. It is a background tie, not a stated fandom.
Questions people ask
What team did Cade Cunningham root for growing up?
He grew up a Dallas Cowboys fan, according to Athlon Sports on December 4, 2025, and he has said he has been a Cowboys fan his whole life.
What is Cade Cunningham's favorite NFL team?
The Dallas Cowboys, as Pride Of Detroit described them in March 2022, and as he confirmed to RoundtableSports in December 2025.
What is Cade Cunningham's favorite college team?
No favorite college team is stated; he attended Oklahoma State in 2020 to 2021 and referred to himself as an Oklahoma State alum, but that is a school tie rather than a stated fandom.