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Seattle Seahawks quarterback and recent Super Bowl hero Derick Hall and his mother, Stacy Gooden-Crandle, have partnered with classic American diaper brand Huggies to share Hall’s story of life as an infant.
Hall and Gooden-Crandle star in the brand’s “Natural Born Fighters” commercial, which depicts Hall’s remarkable journey from a child with a 1% chance of survival to a Super Bowl champion. The campaign celebrates Hall and other historical figures who were born in the intensive care unit (NICU) with little chance of survival after being born prematurely, including Albert Einstein and Isaac Newton.
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For Gooden-Crandle, relationships are based on memories she still holds on to.
Derick Hall #58 of the Seattle Seahawks watches from the sidelines during the national anthem before the NFL football game against the Atlanta Falcons at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on December 7, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photos by Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
“Both of my kids wore Huggies,” he said. “And I actually had one of their first diapers … but now you have to think, that’s 25 years ago, think of all the designs they’ve made now …
SEAHAWKS SUPER BOWL HERO DERICK HALL OPENS UP ON HOW ‘GOD’ SAVED HIM FROM NEAR DEATH
Derick Hall #58 of the Seattle Seahawks holds the Vince Lombardi trophy on stage with teammates after winning the NFL Super Bowl LX game against the New England Patriots at Levi’s Stadium on February 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. (Brooke Sutton/Getty/Getty Images)
Hall had a 1% chance of survival when she was born four months premature at just 23 weeks pregnant, weighing just two pounds, nine ounces. He was born without a heartbeat, suffering from bleeding in the brain.
“I’m not born … I breathe,” he told Fox News Digital. “I was born dead.
Gooden-Crandle told Fox News Digital that those early days of her son’s life were full of uncertainty and fear.
“It’s emotional, a lot of uncertainty, fear,” she said of her feelings in the days following her son’s premature birth. “But… those were not the feelings I felt when Derick was born. I just trusted that God would fix everything.”
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The journey paid off as Hall made his mark in NFL history when he came up with a game-tying sack in the Super Bowl against the New England Patriots this February.
Derick Hall #58 of the Seattle Seahawks sacks Drake Maye #10 of the New England Patriots during the third quarter of the NFL Super Bowl LX football game at Levi’s Stadium on February 8, 2026, in Santa Clara, California. (Brooke Sutton/Getty/Getty Images)
“You can’t tell me that a kid who has a 1 percent chance of living … ends up being a Super Bowl champion one day without the Lord being in their lives,” Hall said. “That’s a miracle.”
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