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Andy Lee, Cleveland punter, dedicates new number to late daughter

Getting a new number with a new team holds much more meaning for Cleveland Browns punter Andy Lee.

Lee, who wore No. 4 for 11 years with San Francisco, will don No. 8 for the Browns. Eight represents the number of days his daughter Madeline lived before she died from post-birth complications, according to ClevelandBrowns.com.

“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 said to the website. “She was really alive and really a person.