Detroit Lions quarterback David Blough will use his cleats to support an inspirational person from his college days.
The former Purdue signal-caller is honoring Tyler Trent, a Boilermaker superfan who died of bone cancer.
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"I wanted to honor Tyler Trent and his life...obviously a good friend of mine," Blough said, per the Associated Press (via ESPN). "Really cool deal...some guys put this together for us, so I thought it'd be sweet to be able to honor Tyler and his life with that.