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The atmosphere of Friday Night Lights is contagious, even for two-time Emmy Award winner Zendaya.
On Friday night, the Oakland native went viral on social media as she attended a high school football game on the other side of the Bay Area at Folsom.
While Folsom improved to 9-0 from a 42-41 victory against Del Oro, where they scored a touchdown and converted a two-point conversion in the final eight seconds, the “Spider-Man” actress was spotted during halftime.
The song “Wonderwall” from the band Oasis was echoing off the speakers at Bulldog Stadium, and she was seen dancing and singing along.
While she was dancing, fans started to notice she was at the game, and began walking over to introduce themselves, to which she welcomed them by giving them a hug.
The famous movie star also took time to meet the Folsom cheerleading team and took a group photo with them.
The likelihood of why Zendaya was at the game was because her nephew, Ej Coleman, is the team’s starting middle linebacker.
According to Max Preps, Coleman has played in six games this season and has 42 total tackles, 15 of them logged as solo, while having 5.5 tackles for loss.
Standing at six feet tall and weighing 195 pounds, Coleman is listed by 247 Sports as a three-star recruit who is committed to play at Washington State next season.
Coleman has 10 scholarship offers that include San Diego State, San Jose State, Oregon State, and UNLV.
Folsom is a year removed from winning the CIF Division 1-AA championship last year, when they defeated Cathedral Catholic High School in a 42-28 victory to give them a 14-1 record that year.
The Bulldogs have already clinched a playoff berth and have one more regular season game on their schedule as they await to see where they will be seeded in the CIF Playoffs.