Jake Olson has officially joined the USC football team as a walk-on and practiced with the team for the first time Tuesday. What makes this story special is that Jake is blind.

Olson was born with retinoblastoma, a form of eye cancer, and lost his left eye when he was 10 months old. In 2009, at age 12, he learned he needed surgery to remove his right eye, which would completely cost him his vision.

Even without his vision, Olson joined the football team at Orange Lutheran High, located about 35 miles from USC, where he became the long-snapper on field goals and extra points.

It is unclear whether, or at what point, Olson will appear in a game, but coach Steve Sarkisian said the hope is that will happen eventually.

Olson is expected to be in uniform Saturday when No. 6 USC (2-0) hosts Stanford (1-1) at 8 p.m. ET on ESPN.

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