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New Browns punter Andy Lee picks No. 8 to honor late daughter (Shutdown Corner)

Three-time All-Pro punter Andy Lee was traded to the Cleveland Browns last week, and he had a purpose in picking his new jersey number.

Lee decided to wear No. 8. His daughter Madeline lived eight days after she was born on Jan. 27. She died due to post-birth complications.

It's a sad and touching tribute.

“I think sometimes, not necessarily by me and my wife, her life can get overlooked. She was here, she was a person but nobody got to meet her, nobody got to see her,” Lee, who wore No.