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Senior with Downs Syndrome scores his first TD at AL HS.. LOL Does an interview

Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:00 pm
Posted by MButterfly
Quantico
Member since Oct 2015
6860 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:00 pm
We need more of these stories in America!

LINK

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Jake Pratt, an 18-year-old Vestavia Hills student, attended every summer workout and weight-lifting session for the 2017-2018 school year, according to AL.com. He served as the Vestavia Hills High School football team manager for several years, and earlier this month, his parents asked football coach Buddy Anderson if the coaching staff would allow him to suit up for a game.

The coaches agreed, with one stipulation.

“If you’re going to dress, you’ve got to do everything everybody else does,” Anderson said he told them. “The kids have the utmost respect for him for being there every day. He’s there every day and works hard every day.”



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he received a handoff in the final play of the game to score a 35-yard touchdown.



This is the interview! OMG.. I'm laughing so hard!
This post was edited on 8/28/17 at 9:19 pm
Posted by RebelBearShark
Oxford, MS
Member since Feb 2015
657 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:11 pm to
This is an amazing and heartwarming story. I still hope you catch Gonorrhea.
Posted by MButterfly
Quantico
Member since Oct 2015
6860 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:13 pm to



Have a beer and shut up.
Posted by Dawgsontop34
Member since Jun 2014
42466 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:25 pm to
That Peyton comment

But overall, that was an incredible moment.
Posted by MButterfly
Quantico
Member since Oct 2015
6860 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:28 pm to
quote:

That Peyton comment



I know!!!
Posted by LSU Patrick
Member since Jan 2009
73461 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:28 pm to
Thanks for this
Posted by cattus
Member since Jan 2009
13414 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:30 pm to
If he met Peyton he would love him.
Posted by MButterfly
Quantico
Member since Oct 2015
6860 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:36 pm to


It's Bud Plats tonight.
Posted by Carolina_Girl
South Cackalacky
Member since Apr 2012
23973 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 9:50 pm to
Love this. Gives me hope that maybe, just maybe, this world is gonna be ok after all.

The Peyton comment and the dab had me cracking up.
Posted by ljhog
Lake Jackson, Tx.
Member since Apr 2009
19054 posts
Posted on 8/28/17 at 10:58 pm to
That O-line ain't much for blockin'. Good thing he broke it outside. Good to see those young folks doing right.
Posted by SECdragonmaster
Order of the Dragons
Member since Dec 2013
16173 posts
Posted on 8/29/17 at 6:26 am to
The interview is awesome.

Great kid and great story.
Posted by jvilletiger25
jacksonville, fl
Member since Jan 2014
16991 posts
Posted on 8/29/17 at 7:37 am to
My man mirrors his game after his hero, Cam Newton. Of course he took it to the house.
Posted by Eric Nies Grind Time
Atlanta GA - ITP
Member since Sep 2012
24933 posts
Posted on 8/29/17 at 7:58 am to
Game of Cam Newton, mind of Nick Marshall.
This post was edited on 8/29/17 at 7:59 am
Posted by Vecchio Cane
Ivory Tower
Member since Jul 2016
17716 posts
Posted on 8/29/17 at 10:02 am to
Say what you want about Steve Robertson (Rosebowl).
This is what he did for that kid.




Good on ya, Steve. Well done
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