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SALT LAKE CITY — A Ring Pop, NFL jersey and a little imagination helped J.J. Watt make one little girl's crocodile tears dry up.
When 6-year-old Breanna heard Watt — defensive end for the Houston Texans — was having a hard time finding a girlfriend, she told her family she wanted him to pick her. But when she realized she was too young, her little heart broke.
"I wish I was 25," she said to her mother, who recorded the event and posted it to YouTube.
"Why do you wish you were 25?" her mother asked.
"I want to marry J.J. Watt," she responded between tears.
According to ABC News, her mother had wanted to send the video to some family, but the file was too large to send over her phone.
Does anyone happen to know this cute little girl? We have to find her and turn those tears into a smile.m.youtube.com/watch?v=938Scd…
— JJ Watt (@JJWatt) January 28, 2013
On Jan. 28, Watt posted a query on Twitter asking about the girl, with a link to the video.
"Does anyone happen to know this cute little girl? We have to find her and turn those tears into a smile," he wrote.
Hundreds of retweets later, Watt found the girl. On Jan. 30, he posted a picture of him and Breanna. He's on his knee, holding a Ring Pop out to the girl.
"Thanks to your help, we found 6-year-old Breanna and she said yes to being my pretend wife for the day," he wrote.
The pictures show Breanna wearing a white "99" jersey — Watt's number.
"I gave her a No. 99 jersey, a white one, to be her wedding dress for the day. It was awesome and it was great and we had our first dance to her favorite artist, Justin Bieber ... It was fun, it was priceless," Watt told Yahoo! Sports.
