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USC long snapper Jake Olson brought goose bumps to college football’s opening weekend.

While there were many exciting moments that took place during college football's opening weekend, arguably nothing was more memorable than the fourth quarter of the USC vs. Western Michigan game.

Jake Olson, who wears the No. 61 for the Trojans, took the field.

Olson is a long snapper for the Trojans; however, he faces an obstacle that no other college football player faces. Olson has been legally blind since the age of 12.

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When Olson attended Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, Calif.), he joined the team his junior year. He was able to plow through the roadblocks that stood in his path and became the team's long snapper.

However, when Olson graduated high school, he didn't want his football career to end there. Olson started college at the University of Southern California.

With the help of the Swim With Mike scholarship, which is awarded annually to physically challenged athletes; Olson eventually secured a walk-on spot with the Trojans.

Former USC head football coach Steve Sarkisian told the LA Times, "When the timing's right, I'll make that call"

It appears that USC current head coach Clay Helton felt the same way.

That time came in the fourth quarter of Saturday’s game against Western Michigan.

The Trojans were up, and that is when No.61 took the field. Olson launched a clean snap to set up an extra point.

USC won today.

But we all won because @jakeolson61 inspired us.

Watch Final Score: https://t.co/ZLABag9Ytt https://t.co/29wQYTPoWp

— Pac-12 Network (@Pac12Network) September 3, 2017

SBNation.com said Olson was emotionally moved, and so was everyone who watched. Olson, USC, and Western Michigan even received words of praise, support, and encouragement when the play was posted on Facebook.

 

Helton contacted Western Michigan's head coach, Tim Lester, last week leading up to the game. Helton pitched Lester the idea of allowing Olson to take a snap.

Lester said, “I give him all the credit. That’s not an easy conversation. He was just being honest about a player he really cared for. He said he was gonna call every coach and just hope he gets it done. … He was just very nice in asking and he said he understood if I didn’t want to do it. He wasn’t forcing it down my throat, by any means."

“I didn’t think it was a hard decision at all. It was bigger than the game. I was happy to be a part of it.”

'It turned out to be a beautiful moment,' Olson said.
 

Seeing Olson take the field for USC during Saturday's game also brought a Seattle Seahawk’s’ head coach Pete Carroll to tears.

Carroll told The Seattle Times, “I was so excited to see it I couldn’t stop crying. It was thrilling.”

However, Carroll knew beforehand that Olson was going to have this opportunity. Carroll and Olson formed a bond when Olson was 12 years old, and Carroll was the head coach at USC.

Before Olson went completely blind, he wanted to watch as much USC football as he could. This is when Carroll gave Olson and his family complete access to practice and games before Olson completely lost his sight.

“There’s just something about Jake,” Carroll said. “He’s a huge story. He’s one for all of us. Courage and character and grit and vision and special qualities that few people would be able to hold onto.”