High school football player with cerebral palsy scores 80-yard touchdown

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Tuesday, October 31, 2017
Player with cerebral palsy scores big touchdown
Player with cerebral palsy scores big touchdown. Tamala Edwards reports during Action News at 5 a.m. on October 31, 2017.

Cameras were rolling the moment a high school football player with cerebral palsy completed an 80-yard touchdown in Virginia.



Originally, the plan was to have senior Sepp Shirey carry for a couple of yards and then the opponents would tackle him with a two-hand touch.



But instead, Shirey went 80 yards for the score!



Players on both teams were cheering him on.


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