Eli Griffith sat in a green room in the bowels of the Javits Center in Manhattan on the first day of Fanatics Fest waiting anxiously alongside his family.The Griffith family – father Joe, mother Jamie, and sister Ava – had been waiting all day for Eli to meet his favorite athlete, the one whose name rested atop their Michigan Wolverines and New England Patriots jerseys.Tom Brady.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMEli Griffith got to meet his idol, legendary NFL quarterback Tom Brady, at Fanatics Fest as part of the Fanatics and Make-A-Wish partnership.(Fanatics/Make-A-Wish)Fox News Digital was able to speak with Eli and his family prior to meeting Brady as part of Fanatics and Make-A-Wish’s partnership, which continues to deliver once-in-a-lifetime moments.
Eli was "totally" nervous after being asked about meeting his idol, but he also felt like there is a "mutual connection" due to their roots in Ann Arbor, Michigan – where Brady’s stardom rose with the Wolverines before reaching the "G.O.A.T" status Eli pointed out in the NFL."As the day has been going, it’s just more and more surreal.It’s like this is the time it’s happening, and I just imagine him walking in the door," Eli said.TOM BRADY SENDS CLEAR MESSAGE TO RAIDERS ROOKIE FERNANDO MENDOZA: EARN YOUR OPPORTUNITYThe moment finally came where Brady opened that door, and the family shared the quality time together they’ve been looking forward to all day.Brady caught up with Fox News Digital after the meeting, where Eli, who’s already showing his journalist chops in high school, had some questions to ask the legendary quarterback."He didn’t want to be a journalist.
He said, ‘I am a journalist!’ I said, ‘Absolutely, you keep going,’" Brady said, smiling."He had seven questions for me, and a lot of fun ones.
He definitely put a lot of time and thought into it, and he asked a lot of good questions.A few of them I’ve never been asked before."Tom Brady attends Fanatics...