Young Fan Creating Bond With Patriots Through Friendship Bracelets

As the New England Patriots line up to take the field at Gillette Stadium, right on their left shoulders is a 7-year-old girl who’s becoming sort of a legend in the locker room.

Riley Tardiff — from Lyman, Maine — has started to make friendship bracelets for her favorite football team. Every so often, one of the players will stop by and she’ll hand them one of her custom creations.

“Riley got started all on her own. She asked us for bracelet-making supplies around two years ago and she never looked back,” her mother Jessica Tardiff told Patriots on SI. “(She is) coming up with so many amazing designs and being creative. She has a passion for people and being kind and showing the world more love.”

"I Think I Have At Least Two Of Her Bracelets By Now"

Her bracelets have donned the wrists of plenty of players, and have been spotted when TreVeyon Henderson, Christian Gonzalez, Kyle Williams and DeMario Douglas take the field.

"It's pretty cool when she gives us bracelets," said cornerback Christian Gonzalez, via Patriots.com. “I've seen them multiple times and they're always in the same spot. I think I have at least two of her bracelets by now so it's a cool little gesture. They're in my locker. I would wear them during a game, but I don't want them to break."

But what makes Riley’s bracelets so special? It’s her fandom for the Patriots that keeps her pumping them out at high rates of speed.

“She had a long process, she is very organized,” Tardiff said. “She spreads out all her items on our kitchen counter and works for hours some days. It’s seems (like) Riley is working on bracelets almost every day.”