One local – and very lucky - flag football team recently had the chance to learn skills from Arizona cornerback Patrick Peterson, who served as their coach for the day.

The Colts, a 7- and 8-year-old boys’ team in the Coast to Coast Flag Football League, won the amazing experience as the grand prize in Verizon Insider’s local “Vote to Text” contest, which awarded the day with Peterson to the team with the most votes.

The Colts snagged the win with 41,578 texted votes, earned in a mere seven days with the help of friends of family and friends getting the word out about the contest via Facebook, text and email.

The boys got the chance to practice their football skills with Peterson, who then coached their game during the league’s “Patrick Peterson Saturday” event held Saturday, Jan. 21 at Discovery Park in Gilbert.

Read all about the Patrick Peterson experience on our Insider Signal blog

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