Amon-Ra St. Brown, wide receiver for the Detroit Lions, met with a young fan Lucas Gidelski on Sunday. The 23-year-old signed the cancer-stricken youngster’s jersey during warmups ahead of his team’s Week 10 tie against the Chicago Bears.
Gidelski, who is 14 years old, was sitting on the sideline in a wheelchair when St. Brown jogged over to meet him.
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“You’re my favorite player,” Lucas told him. The video of their conversation was captured by NFL Films.
St. Brown was told that Lucas was diagnosed with cancer a couple weeks ago.
“Can anyone get me in contact w Lucas!? He was at the game today & we shared a heartfelt conversation pregame together. I’d love to get him a signed game jersey. #HelpMeFindLucas,” St. Brown tweeted on November 14.
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He then autographed Lucas’ No. 14 jersey. “You got it. Nothing can stop you, alright?”
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Amon-ra St. Brown appeared to have suffered an ankle injury in the Week 10 matchup against the Chicago Bears. Detroit won 31-30. The WR walked off with trainers in the fourth quarter and came back a few minutes later.
He grabbed 10 out of 11 targets for 119 yards. Jamaal Williams scored on a 1-yard run in the closing minutes, Jared Goff threw for 236 yards and a touchdown.
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“It’s one thing to believe you can do it, and then it’s another thing to do it and finish a game like that,” Goff said.
“You want to learn to win in close games, you win in close games,” coach Dan Campbell said. “That’s two now. Once you’ve been in there and you start to figure out what you’ve got to do and the focus and the intensity and the detail and the hustle and everything that it takes to finish out a game, it’s highly important.”
