Buffalo Bills wide receiver Stefon Diggs took some time out from his pregame preparations to gift a young fan a pair of special sneakers.
Diggs and Aydin Laborde, five, have already connected before, meeting in the summer after the youngster’s dad passed away following a brain aneurism.
Diggs made his way over to the stands to find the five-year-old and give him a personalized pair of shoes.
‘Do you remember my face,’ Diggs said to Aydin, with the heartwarming moment shared on the official Bills Twitter account.
Aydin replied: ‘Yeah.’
Diggs then said: ‘I heard I got a present for you for Christmas, Merry Christmas.’
The Bills star gave him a shoe box containing a special pair of sneakers. One shoe had an image of Diggs on while the right shoe had a drawing of Aydin’s late dad, Nicholas, on.
Diggs, who signed one of the shoes on the spot, said: ‘Merry Christmas little man.’
The youngster was overcome with emotion but the football player tried to put a smile back on his face by saying: ‘Wish me luck,’ as the pair high-fived.
Aydin explained why he became emotional, telling WKBW: ‘It just reminded me of my dad.’
Diggs lost his own father when he was aged just 14 and he wrote on Twitter alongside a beaming Aydin with the sneakers: ‘Not many know what it’s like to lose their daddy for real.
‘I remember it felt like I lost everything. I had to make myself a man. But it takes a village so be sure to always pay it forward !!! Love that is. Merry Christmas lil Aydin.’
It’s not the first time this season Diggs has shown his generosity. Last month he took a young fan onto the field to throw a football.