Jake Olson, a blind long-snapper, is practicing with the Trojans on Tuesday.

Welcomed into the USC family six years ago as a 12-year-old by then-head coach Pete Carroll, Olson was invited to watch his favorite team play one more time before he could no longer see.

As a toddler, Olson lost his left eye to cancer, and 11 years later, his right eye was also removed.

Since then, Olson's sprouted to 6-foot-4, and made his Orange Lutheran High team as a long-snapper. Now a USC student, there's a chance he could suit up and play at Howard Jones Field this season.

(Courtesy: LA Times)

The L.A. Times reported last April that Olson planned to join the Trojans, but USC would need a waiver from the NCAA - Olson accepted a Swim With Mike scholarship, which is given to athletes with physical challenges, to attend the school. It's considered an athletic scholarship, meaning Olson would count toward one of the available 85 scholarship spots on the roster.

At the time, USC was already at its 25-person limit of initial scholarship counters for this season.