Derrick Coleman, the NFL's first legally deaf offensive player, inspired a seven-year old girl who is hearing impaired to write him an encouraging letter.
The girl’s father posted a picture of the letter on his Twitter account Tuesday that went viral.
@Seahawks @DC2forlife you've inspired my little girls in a way I never could. THANK YOU! #Seahawks #SuperBowlXLVIII pic.twitter.com/lhpJfCPOSD
The author of the letter is Riley Kovalcik, a 7-year old from Roxbury, N.Y. She appeared on Good Morning America today along with her father, Jake, and twin sister Erin.
“I like that he actually can understand about being bullied and he actually knows more, you know, stuff like if you have problems, he’s a guy you can come to,” Riley told “Good Morning America.”
Coleman stars in a Duracell commercial in which he talks about being "picked on and picked last" as a kid.
“There’s not a whole lot of really high-profile people or even athletes out there that are deaf that kids like Riley and Erin can look up to…that show that if you work hard, adversity really doesn’t matter,” Jake Kovalcik told “GMA.”
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