Is Kane Brown Dak’s doppelganger? ‘I get that all the time,’ says Prescott

Once the artist for the Cowboys halftime show on Thanksgiving was set, Charlotte Jones texted Dak Prescott.

“Guess what,’’ the team’s executive vice president and chief brand officer said. “We have your doppelganger.’’

The Cowboys quarterback immediately responded.

“Kane Brown?’’ he asked. “I get that all the time.’’

The Salvation Army has used the Cowboys halftime show the last 24 years to kick off its national Red Kettle campaign. Brown is this year’s performer.

Brown is biracial. He’s experienced racism. There were periods where he lived in a car with his mother growing up.

“We were determined to have someone who represented the condition we were all experiencing,’’ Jones said. “We wanted this performance to be meaningful.’’

This is the first time the halftime act hasn’t been in the stadium to perform. COVID-19 restrictions prevented that from happening. When Jones began to put the show together she wasn’t sure what the NFL would allow or if FOX would broadcast the performance since it wasn’t live.

Finally, it all began to fall into place. Brown came into the Metroplex earlier this month to tape a performance from AT&T Stadium to be played on the video board at Thursday’s halftime. The two days of taping began on Nov. 3, Election Day.

Jones considers this to be one of the club’s best halftime performances. But there was one idea that didn’t make it.

Before Prescott was injured, she planned to have the Cowboys quarterback in the video wearing a cowboy hat and Brown wearing a Cowboys helmet, both nodding to each other asking, “Who will play on Thanksgiving? Both of us.’’

Only one got to perform at AT&T on Thursday.

“He looks just like Dak,’’ Jones said.

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