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Teammates help Pasco County boy with rare disorder score touchdown in heartwarming video

Gavin Lambert has Friedreich's ataxia. He scored a touchdown on Tuesday night with the help of two of his teammates.
Credit: Pasco County Schools
Gavid Lambert has Friedreich's ataxia. He scored a touchdown with the help of two of his teammates.

NEW PORT RICHEY, Fla. – A River Ridge Middle School football player with a rare neurodegenerative disorder scored a touchdown during Tuesday night's game.

Gavin Lambert, who has Friedreich's ataxia, scored the touchdown with the help of two of his teammates.

Pasco County Schools shared the video on their Facebook page on Tuesday night.

Lambert's teammates posed with him for a photo together in the end zone.

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