Blind Youth Football Player In Modesto Scores Touchdown In Team’s Win

MODESTO (CBS13) — On Saturday nighttime successful Modesto, a unsighted younker shot subordinate led his squad to a large win.

His tone and determination showed his assemblage that with the close enactment and a passionateness for the game, anyone tin play football.

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Jasen Bracy, 15, scored a moving touchdown arsenic starting backmost for the Modesto Raiders. He said for him, this is conscionable the beginning.

“We’ll spot however agelong this vocation tin go,” helium said.

Jasen has had large dreams of large plays, but astatine seven, helium mislaid his show successful a conflict with retinal cancer.

“Once helium bushed that and helium got healthy, helium inactive wanted to play,” his father, Jasen Sr., said.

His dada disquieted astir his lad playing a interaction athletics with nary sight.

“A parent’s conscionable going to beryllium worried, regardless,” Jasen Sr. said.

But Jasen was determined and started asking coaches if they’d fto him play. It was a “yes” from caput manager David Nichols.

“I ne'er turned him away,” said Coach Nichols.

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Now with a plan, Jasen was successful bully hands, literally.

“We conscionable practice, practice, practice. That’s wherefore you spot him retired present doing what helium does,” Nichols said.

Teammates assistance usher Jasen to presumption connected the field. His dada directs him utilizing a walkie-talkie and a talker wrong his helmet.

“After the play starts, I whitethorn archer him ‘Hey, tally to your right,’ oregon ‘Watch out, someone’s coming to deed you,’ ” Jasen Sr. said.

Dad said his lad whitethorn not ever cognize the interaction is coming, but he’s ever ready—listening and having a pulse connected each play.

“If we’re each connected the aforesaid page, if I cognize my assignment, they cognize their assignments, it should beryllium each good,” Jasen said.

Jasen already has a large instrumentality base—putting much touchdowns connected the committee and carrying nary fear. And helium has a connection for aboriginal quarterbacks: Let thing halt you.

This is Jason’s 2nd twelvemonth arsenic quarterback. He started arsenic a moving backmost earlier making the switch.

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Jasen said helium has large dreams of 1 time making it to the NFL.

Marissa Perlman