Remember the football Cam Newton had to fetch from Julius Peppers on Sunday after scoring a touchdown against the Green Bay Packers?

It turns out, the 6-year-old boy he delivered it to had recently lost his father to an undisclosed medical condition. The pair were inseparable and were planning on attending a Carolina Panthers game before the man’s untimely passing.

Friends of the family provided Colin Toler with tickets and he attended Sunday’s game with both of his grandfathers. Newton is one of Toler’s favorite players.

“I was like oh gosh, oh gosh,” Toler said, according to WSET. “Am I going to be on the big screen or am I going to be on TV? I was jumping up and down like yeah!”