Wyatt Pertuset, breaking down some barriers in the world of small college football

[Dread Pirate Roberts]

It's a good day for some uplifting news. An interesting article about an interesting young man playing Division III football at a small school in Ohio.

A touchdown worth more than six points

Being a college football player is tough. It takes a special kind of physical and mental strength.

Being a 17- to 22-year-old male is tough. It takes a certain mental and emotional strength.

Football has a long history of being a masculine sport, sometimes to the detriment of those who love the game the most.

Nearly every single player who has stepped onto a football field has played through some kind of pain. Often, that pain is physical and manifests itself in the form of a nagging muscle strain from running or an aching shoulder or forearm from contributing to a collision. Just about every football player has kept an injury to himself, rather than reporting it to his coaches or training staff.

But there are other challenges that players often internalize that have nothing to do with physical pain. The current generation of college football players is doing its part to effect change, remove stigmas, and ensure that the masculinity surrounding football is healthier than ever before.

With 36 seconds to play in the first quarter of the 2018 season opener, Wyatt Pertuset caught a 37-yard touchdown pass from Thomas Wibbeler. The score gave the Crusaders a 13-12 lead over Mount St. Joseph. The score meant so much more to so many.

With that play, Pertuset achieved his goal to be the first openly gay college football player to score a touchdown.

Read the full article here: http://d3football.com/columns/around-the-nation/2018/wyatt-pertuset-touchdown-worth-more-than-six-points