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Lions' David Blough to Honor Purdue Superfan Tyler Trent with Cleats vs. Vikings

Detroit Lions quarterback David Blough will use his cleats to support an inspirational person from his college days.

The former Purdue signal-caller is honoring Tyler Trent, a Boilermaker superfan who died of bone cancer.

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"I wanted to honor Tyler Trent and his life...obviously a good friend of mine," Blough said, per the Associated Press (via ESPN). "Really cool deal...some guys put this together for us, so I thought it'd be sweet to be able to honor Tyler and his life with that.