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Best prom date ever: Seahawk Michael to take autistic teen to her dance

Published Mar. 29, 2014 4:14 p.m. ET

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Nothing like having an NFL player and Super Bowl champ as a date to make prom a night to remember.

Which is what happened to Anahuac High School's Taylor Kirkwood when Seattle Seahawk and Texas A&M grad Christine Michael said he'd take her to her big dance.

Mom Stacie Holmes told Houston's KPRC that she wanted to do something special for her 18-year-old daughter, who has autism. Luckily, Holmes had a cousin who attended high school with Michael in Beaumont, Tex. Holmes' cousin, a good friend, was able to relay the message to the now 23-year-old running back, who readily assented.

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"Are you going to kiss him?" her mother teased.

"Yes," Taylor responded immediately.

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