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Photo: Mac Jones surprises paralyzed football player Corey Borner with jersey

STARTING QB @MacJones_10 FOR THE NEW ENGLAND @Patriots SENT ME HIS OFFICIAL JERSEY! THE WORDS HE PUT MEANS EVERYTHING! I WILL WEAR THIS ONE TIME & WILL FRAME THIS WITH MY OTHER JERSEYS! THANK YOU MAC JONES!!!!! I WILL WALK AGAIN FINDAWAY!!!! RETWEET pic.twitter.com/GPeSk8i7iC

— COREY BORNER (@LILCOREY_TRILL) May 17, 2022

A former football player at DeSoto High School in Texas, Corey Borner suffered a serious spinal injury in practice in 2009 that left the then-16-year-old paralyzed. Last summer, 12 years after the accident, he took his first steps again.