Twelve-Year-Old from Wayne Earns Spotlight Imitating New York Giants Coach

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The imitation Ben McAdoo (Peter Costigan), left, and the real Ben McAdoo.

A 12-year-old from Wayne scored a high-five from an NFL coach, a game ball, player gear, and a moment of television stardom on New Year’s Day.

Equipped with a headset, fake mustache, sunglasses, team sweatshirt, and a Minella’s Diner menu made into a coach’s play card, Peter Costigan looked the part of New York Giants coach Ben McAdoo, in miniature. He managed to grab the attention of McAdoo himself, television crews, and a myriad of social-media-sharing Giants fans.

“Oh, my god, there’s a picture of me on Giants social media. That’s crazy,” he said in a New York Post report by Fred Kerber.

The Costigan family from Wayne.
The Costigan family from Wayne.

Costigan pulled off the stunt with the help of his parents and three brothers, and in return, they got towels, gloves, and hats after meeting Giants players from their front-row seats.

“It was a beautiful day,” Costigan’s father, Mike, said. “With a joke, typically someone is the butt, on the wrong side. This was innocent fun. Sunday, everybody won.”

Read more about the Ben McAdoo look-alike in the New York Post here.

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