IRVING, Texas -- Dez Bryant might not have been watching the Scripps National Spelling Bee live, but the Dallas Cowboys wide receiver quickly became a huge fan of co-winner Nihar Janga.
Janga channeled his inner Bryant, “throwing up the X” after being named co-champion with Jairam Hathwar on Thursday night.
Bryant took to Twitter to congratulate Janga.
#NiharJanga you just made my whole day buddy.. Congrats on winning the #spellingbee champ.. Some how some way I have to get you to a game #x
Janga is a fifth-grader at River Ridge Elementary School in the Leander Independent School District, outside of Austin, Texas, and, naturally, he’s a Cowboys fan.