Tight end Dallin Holker had scrawled across his triceps in permanent marker 5-year-old Andelyn’s nickname. He and his teammates estimate that more than half of them wear AJ’s name on game day.
Some draw it in big letters on their arms or calves. Others write the letters on their wrist tape, a more private reminder of who they’re playing for.
AJ, the daughter of Lehi tight ends coach Andy Hadfield, was diagnosed with stage four high risk neuroblastoma in October of last year. She has gone through six rounds of chemotherapy, two stem cell transplants,12 rounds of radiation and is in her second of six rounds of immunotherapy.