Dejah Rondeau wears No. 11 in honor of her favorite player, Patriots wide receiver Julian Edelman.
Rondeau, a seventh-grader from Exeter, New Hampshire, is the quarterback for the Exeter Seahawks. She started three games for the team, comprised of seventh- and eighth-graders, after the initial starter went down with an injury.
Rondeau’s mother, Nichole Brock, told Seacoastonline that her daughter faced bullying in school for playing football.
“Some people don’t want to accept a female quarterback. She’ll have to put in 110 percent when others are putting in 50,” Brock said. “But Dejah becoming the quarterback is the best thing that could happen to her.