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Jacob Jarvis, a teenager who suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy, a genetic disorder, came onto the field in his motorized wheelchair in the final minute. A player handed him the football. The entire team surrounded him.
Then Jarvis took off for the end zone. Players dove, as if trying to tackle him, but let him drive into the end zone. Then they surrounded him and celebrated.
Jarvis has been around the team for almost four years. He was on the field after the team won the 2014 national championship game. Meyer said he’s a part of the family. Senior defensive linemen Tyquan Lewis and Jayln Holmes approached Meyer on Friday with the idea of getting Jarvis involved in the game.
“It really lifts your spirits, seeing things like that,” Lewis said, “because it’s not about you anymore. It’s about Jacob now. Doing things like that, it changes peoples lives.”
Meyer praised his seniors for coming up with the idea.
“That shows you what kind of character we have in those upperclassmen,” he said.
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