In a surprise to his Pittsburgh Steelers teammates and their home crowd on Sunday, former Ohio State linebacker Ryan Shazier is in attendance at today's game against the New England Patriots.
As seen in the videos above and below, Shazier was shown on the video board at Heinz Field during the first quarter of Sunday's game, eliciting a massive roar from the crowd in Pittsburgh as he smiled and waved a Terrible Towel from a stadium suite.
.@RyanShazier is here.
And this is what happened.#SHALIEVE pic.twitter.com/qnLvw7Foya
— Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) December 17, 2017
Shazier has been hospitalized since suffering a spinal injury on Monday Night Football nearly two weeks ago.