A Michigan high school football player who suffered a fractured spine when his opponent pancaked him received a hero’s welcome as he returned to the gridiron sidelines.

Lakeshore Lancers Colton Mims, 15, used a wheelchair to guide him as he walked over to reunite with his teammates at Dickinson Stadium at St. Joseph’s High School on Friday night.

“The first time taking the field since!!!!” Courtney Mims, Colton’s mother, wrote on Facebook . “That’s my BIG BABY!” 6

Mims, sporting his number 68 jersey, was photographed on the visitor’s sideline, where he sat next to another injured teammate, and watched his school take on the St. Joseph Bears — just over a week after he sustained two “slight fractures to his spine.”

“He’s an angel. His teammates are THE BEST EXAMPLE OF YOUNG MEN I

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