Bears Rookie Takes Little Girl To Her 8th Grade Dance

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Bears rookie J.T. Thomas takes young lady to eighth-grade dance

By MJD

J.T. Thomas(notes) was drafted in the sixth round by the Chicago Bears, but the lockout leaves him without much to do right now. The athletic, hard-hitting linebacker out of West Virginia University is still in Morgantown, keeping in shape and spending time with his family.

Every day, Thomas helps his 7-year-old brother Jared get home from school. Riding the same bus as Jared is an eighth-grade girl named Joslyn Levell, who happened to grow up in Chicago as a Bears fan and now lives in Morgantown. Joslyn has spina bifida and uses a wheelchair.

With assists from the bus driver and J.T.'s stepmother, Thomas got on the bus one day to say hello to Joslyn. They hit it off immediately. From NFL.com:
As J.T. met a Bears fan in his hometown, Joslyn explained to him that she'd had a rough week because all of the boys she asked to the dance declined. Thomas melted.

"I hugged her and signed a few things and we talked for awhile and she cried a bit," Thomas recounted. "I gave her a hug and told her everything would work itself out."

It did. J.T. asked her to the dance himself.

"I was nervous that by the time I reached out, she might have had a date and would have to turn me down," he said.
Joslyn gladly accepted the invitation.

"After so many people turned me down, this was so big especially, because he asked me instead of me asking him," she said.

How'd the evening go? Check out some of Thomas' tweets from that evening:
Can't wait to hit the prom tonite at Suncrest Middle School
I wonder who's gonna DJ tonite at Suncrest Middle
Why am I getting nervous for an 8th grade prom??

At Suncrest Middle 8th grade dance...it's jumpin in here!!!
The DJ is slowin it down...couples only!!
Joslyn later said it was the best night of her life.

Thomas intends for his new friendship to continue, too. If things work out for him in Chicago, he said he'd love to bring Joslyn and his family back to Chicago to see him play for the Bears.


**On a personal note, I LOVE stories like this. It warms my heart and really shows there are truly good people in this world**

[Chris46139]

big deal, I took a girl to the 8th grade dance last year too, you didn't see people throwing me a parade. This year was tough though with her hitting high school, she broke up with me before homecoming for a football player

[justdonating]

Nice move by this guy! Made the girls day!