Young Blind Ravens Fan To Read Draft Pick On Braille Card

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Gaba will be the first person to read a draft pick by using a braille card.

The NFL Draft starts today which means a multitude of college football players will realize their dreams of making it into the NFL and being amongst some of the world's best athletes. Some teams will make some great moves while others will pick players that won't do much for their organizations. The draft is always a huge spectacle with fans putting a lot of stock into the whole thing and who their team ends up taking. Tonight, the first round will go down while subsequent rounds will take place over the next couple of days.

On Saturday, the Baltimore Ravens will have the 123rd overall pick in the fourth round and they've decided to do something special with it. Mo Gaba is a 13-year-old Ravens fan who is currently battling cancer and lost his eyesight at just nine months old. Yesterday, Gaba called into a local radio show when Ravens head coach John Harbaugh surprised him on the line with some exciting news. The Ravens are inviting Gaba to read the team's fourth-round pick using a braille card, which would make him the first ever person to do so, according to ESPN.

"Really? I've never done that before," Gaba said. "I would like to do that. Yeah!" The Ravens are making a great gesture which will surely be a special highlight of this year's draft.

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Alexander Cole is the current editor-in-chief of HotNewHipHop. He started at HotNewHipHop back in 2018 where he began as a Sports and Sneakers writer. It was here where he began to hone his craft, putting his journalism degree from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec, to good use. Since that time, he has documented some of the biggest stories in the hip-hop world. From the Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef to the disturbing allegations against Diddy, Alex has helped HotNewHipHop navigate large-scale stories as they happen. In 2021, he went to the Bahamas for the Big 3's Championship Game. It was here where he got to interview legendary figures like Ice Cube, Clyde Drexler, and Stephen Jackson. He has also interviewed other superstar athletes such as Antonio Brown, Damian Lillard, and Paul Pierce. This is in addition to conversations with social media provocateurs like Jake Paul, and younger respected artists like Kaycyy, Lil Tecca, and Jeleel!
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