Autistic boy who shared lunch with FSU football player on hand for team's comeback victory
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Bo Paske attended Florida State University's opening game Monday. (Florida State University)
A boy featured in a photo with a Florida State University football player that quickly went viral for the special message behind it attended the team’s home opener as a special guest of the Seminoles. Bo Paske, a middle school student with autism who shared a meal with wide receiver Travis Rudolph said it was “an absolute blast,” Fox 5 Atlanta reported.
Ahead of Monday’s game, Rudolph presented Paske with a custom FSU jersey featuring the boy’s name on the back. Paske and his mother Leah were in attendance as FSU staged a major comeback victory over Ole Miss.
“It’s definitely been a whirlwind, but FSU and ESPN and the whole team has been fantastic and so gracious and kind and generous,” Leah told Fox 5 Atlanta. “Just bringing us here and putting us up. The gifts, they gave him shirts today, so it’s just been fantastic.”
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Paske marveled over getting to meet the whole team.
“This week has been an absolute blast and I can’t believe I get to meet the whole team,” he told Fox 5 Atlanta.
Paske first entered the spotlight when Rudolph asked if he could eat lunch with him after spotting him alone at a lunch table during a visit to his middle school. Someone snapped a photo of the two and sent it to Paske’s mom who shared it on Facebook.