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Student with cerebral palsy goes 80 yards for TD in HS game

(KMIZ Photo via CNN Newsource)

SEDALIA, Mo. (WISH) — He could…go…all…the…way!!!

PJ Allred, a student with cerebral palsy at Smith-Cotton High School in Missouri, recently went 80 yards for a touchdown in the closing seconds of a high school football game.

With his team down 40-0, his coach put him in at quarterback. Allred’s run kept his team from being shut out.

The run marked Allred’s first time playing in a game. The highlight run has been receiving national attention, including from ESPN.

Information from CNN Newsource was used in this report.