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College Football: She Hopes to Become the First Girl to Play College Football—as a Linebacker

I read an article this morning and, while I know I tend to focus on Georgia Football, I felt the need to speak on this—as both a woman and a mother—but I want you all to look at the following video first:

Haley Abeyta in action

If you are not sure from the footage which player is the girl, and which is the boy, the girl is the one who laid the hit that dropped her opponent to the ground. Her name is Haley Abeyta and she plays Junior Varsity Football for Bear Creek High School (Classification 5-A) in Lakewood, CO—she currently weighs in at 5’7, 166, and is dead serious about playing linebacker at the college level a couple of years.