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    Blind USC Football Player Executes Perfect Snap In Game Debut

    20-year-old Jake Olson helped earn USC an extra point in their winning game against Western Michigan Saturday.
    by Amy Held Sep 03, 2017 2 minutes

    Jake Olson cannot see but he felt his moment of triumph Saturday with absolute clarity.

    The blind 20-year-old executed a perfect snap for an extra point in the last three minutes of the University of Southern California's game against Western Michigan.

    USC won 49-31.

    As the ball sailed between the uprights,

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