The seventh grader, who has autisim and sometimes helps manage the Blue Devils, dressed out for the first time.

Both coaches then had a play drawn for him.

On the first play of the game, Holt took the handoff and ran yards toward the end zone.

Afterward his parents expressed their gratitude to the community for embracing their son in just three years' time.

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Scott Jackson (right), business service consultant for WorkSource Fulton, helps job seekers with their applications in a mobile career center at a job fair hosted by Goodwill Career Center in Atlanta. (Ziyu Julian Zhu/AJC)

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