WATCH: Dream Comes True For Special Needs Student Who Scores TD

BAY SHORE, NY - A Bay Shore High School special needs student had his dream come true when he got the chance to not only play in a recent football game, but to also score a touchdown.

Sophomore Ramel Johnson, who has multiple learning and cognitive disabilities, always dreamed of playing football.

In the beginning of the season, after he showed up for football tryouts, members of the Bay Shore JV football team made him feel like part of the team and helped him learn the sport. Ever since then, the administration, teaching staff and coaching staff at Bay Shore started to work together to ensure he could be part of the team.

They finally made that dream a reality last Saturday at the game against Smithtown East on Saturday. In the days before the game, the Bay Shore staff worked with the Smithtown East coaching staff and players, who agreed to allow Johnson to have his moment.

Just after the second half started, Johnson was given the ball for the first play of the half.

As Johnson ran 50 yards down the field to score a touchdown, the two teams came together to show that some things are bigger than the game.

"I'm truly overwhelmed with the amount of attention and love this story has gotten," Bay Shore JV Football Coach Mike Brown wrote on Facebook. "When I put this together, I had no idea it would become this big. My only intention was to provide Ramel with a positive lasting memory. He is a great kid who has it rough but yet he continually smiles. He truly deserves this and I'm grateful to be a part of it."

Brown added, "Ramel actually told me towards the end of the game that he thinks he could score another TD if I needed it!"

Watch videos of the amazing moment below:

Photo and video courtesy of the Bay Shore School District