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Kyle Rudolph surprises female football star from Brainerd

In addition to being a very good football player, Minnesota Vikings’ tight end Kyle Rudolph has shown more and more in recent years that he’s a pretty good guy off the field, too. He’s done a lot of work with the University of Minnesota Masonic Children’s Hospital, and he had a big surprise for one of Minnesota’s increasing number of female football players.

Lili Charler, a young woman from Brainerd High School, attended the grand opening of the new Dick’s Sporting Goods store in Baxter, Minnesota, with her father. Charler is the first female football player in Brainerd High history, but she’s taken part in many other sports as well.