News: BTB: Dak Prescott will kick off ESPN’s “My Wish” series this Sunday

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A special nine-year old boy named Raymond Melgarejo had a wish to meet Dak Prescott. Watch that magical story unfold this Sunday.

Over the last year, Dak Prescott has earned the admiration of many fans across the world. He’s done this with his leadership, incredible play on the field, and high character and humbleness off the field.

It’s the latter point that we’re here to address today. We hear so much about what a humble person Dak is, and now we have an opportunity to see it. Recently a young man named Raymond Melgarejo, who lives with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis, had a wish to meet his hero, the Cowboys quarterback who wears #4. With the help of the Dallas Cowboys and ESPN, a very special memory was made as his wish was granted.


If you want to watch the full feature with Dak and Raymond you can. It will air this Sunday during the 8am and 11pm (ET) editions of Sportscenter on ESPN:

2016 NFL Offensive Rookie of the Year Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys will be joining some of sports biggest names for ESPN’s award-winning “My Wish” series. Prescott’s “My Wish” segment will kick off the series this Sunday, July 16 during the 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. SportsCenters. Chris Connelly will host the series as he’s done since it began in 2006.

Nine-year-old Raymond Melgarejo of Santa Ana, Calif., lives with Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis. His wish was to meet Dak Prescott of the Dallas Cowboys. Owner Jerry Jones, head coach Jason Garrett, Prescott, Jason Witten and the entire team went above and beyond to grant Raymond’s wish and make it a great day at Cowboys headquarters in Frisco, Tex.

Working together with Make-A-Wish®, ESPN produces feature segments on the wishes for airing on SportsCenter, with a new feature debuting daily between Sunday, July 16, and Wednesday, July 19. All features will re-air multiple times on other editions of SportsCenter and will be available on ESPN.com. A series compilation airs on SportsCenter on Thursday, July 20.
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Dak Prescott is a one of a kind human being. What a great guy to have as the Cowboys leader.

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