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Unsung Hero: Ayrton Hignojos

Oct 09, 2018, 9:30 PM

He's one of Texas high school football's physical marvels, despite missing one arm.

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Ryan MacDonald
Unsung Hero: Ayrton Hignojos

Whether you think you can or think you can’t, you’re probably right. Leander Glenn football player Ayrton Hignojos who plays football for the Grizzlies despite not having a left arm, has never thought that he couldn’t do something.

Hignojos grew up watching football with his father Salvador. At the age of two, Salvador began taking his son to games and thus began the start of his inspiration to play football.

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