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CHARLESTON, S.C. — A 7-year-old in South Carolina is getting a lot of support from Seattle Seahawks players after being bullied for wearing his favorite hat.

According to KOMO, Ade Lewis is a Seahawks fan, but he lives in South Carolina, which is Carolina Panthers territory.

“Everyday he wears his new Seahawks hat to school, and everyday when he comes home he tells me how many kids have boo’d him,” Ade’s mom, Heather Lewis, wrote Thursday on Facebook. “I told him I would post this picture on Facebook, and invite other Seahawks fans to like it to show him that he’s not alone. He told me it would be awesome if 10 people liked this picture.”

Heather’s post quickly went viral, garnering more than 200,000 likes on Facebook. It didn’t take long before the post caught the attention of the Seattle Seahawks team as well.

“Ade chose the Seahawks to be his team,” Heather told KOMO. “He wouldn’t even know what it would be like to pass someone else wearing a Seahawks hat.”

According to his mom, the Seahawks hat was the first present his family in Washington gave to him for Christmas.

Heather said Ade has finally had the confidence to take on the naysayers at school too.

“He is getting braver, and yesterday he told a kid ‘I don’t care if you like them or not. I do’,” she said.

To Ade’s surprise, defensive tackle, Jordan Hill called him via Facetime and linebacker Bobby Wagner also took time to send the tiny fan a message.

“It’s a testament of how loyal and supportive Seahawks fans are,” Heather said. “Thank you from the bottom of my heart. I’m so tearful over the incredible amount of support shown,” she wrote on Facebook.

On Saturday, a package arrived at Ade’s house from head coach Pete Carroll. Inside were some signed footballs, Seahawks gear and a note from Carroll saying the family had four tickets to the game against the Panthers.

Ade’s mom posted to Facebook saying her son even got to high-five some of the players at the game.

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