Aaron Golub, Tulane's legally blind long snapper, not only got to play on Saturday, but participated in a critical part of the team's first conference win of the season.
Golub snapped the ball for the extra point on Tulane's final touchdown in a 45-31 win to become the first legally blind player in an FBS game.
The snap was perfect, the hold was spot-on and extra point was good. After the play, every coach and player congratulated Golub on the sideline.
Tulane long snapper Aaron Golub becomes first legally blind person to play in a Division I game. http://t.co/B0pvHzVK86
— ESPN CollegeFootball (@ESPNCFB) October 3, 2015
Every coach and player congratulated him after the play , great scene https://t.co/0vypgGe7ez
— Gus Kattengell (@Gkatt_17) October 3, 2015
"The reason why I played him is because he works so hard. Every morning when I’m up, and as you know, I get up early, he’s in the weight room, and he’s working," Tulane coach Curtis Johnson said, via NCAA.com. "I would like to play him as much as I can, because that’s what you do; you reward kids when they work. This kid works, and he is just like everybody else. I’m going to play him as much as I can."
A lot of print has been given to USC long snapper Jake Olson, but Golub will be the one in the record books as the first legally blind player on the field in FBS history.
