Paralyzed Southern University player, Devon Gales was spotted on the sidelines at today's Falcons (8-7) game against the New Orleans Saints (6-9) at the Georgia Dome.
The Falcons tweeted a photo of Gales and his family posing on the sidelines with Falcons head coach Dan Quinn about an hour before kick-off.
Coach Quinn is hosting Southern football player Davone Gales again today! #NOvsATL pic.twitter.com/QsJ6o0Nfnh
Gales was paralyzed while blocking during a kickoff return on Sept. 26, in a game against the Georgia Bulldogs.
In the months since, Gales, 22, has endured surgery to stabilize his broken neck, a prognosis that he likely will never walk and long weeks away from home while laboring at Atlanta's Shepherd Center to regain some movement in his quieted limbs.
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