Photos: University of Arizona football camp for those with special needs
Some forty kids got to run drills and test their skills with the Wildcats on the turf of the The Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center, May 6, 2025, Tucson, Ariz.
Malachi Avila lets everybody know he’s up to the challenge presented on the first stage of drills during the University of Arizona’s football camp for those with special needs, Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2025. Some forty children, siblings, friends and parents got to run drills and skills with the Wildcats.
Camper Brevin Coleman and University of Arizona defensive lineman Deshawn McKnight dive on the mat at the end of Coleman’s run through the obstacle course during the Wildcats’ football camp for those with special needs in Tucson on May 6, 2025.
University of Arizona defensive coordinator Danny Gonzales scoops up Vivienne Kissler to run her the last few yards of the relay races at the football camp for those with special needs on May 6.
Bentley Crawford smacks his way past the tackling pad, running the obstacle course at the University of Arizona’s football camp for people with disabilities on May 6, 2025.
Micah Crawford celebrates with the Wildcats after chucking his pass into the target at the University of Arizona’s football camp for those with special needs, Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2025.
Malachi Avila makes an emphatic leap for the padding to finish his run through the obstacle course making his run at the University of Arizona’s football camp for those with special needs, Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2025.
Linebacker Dominic Hanger cheers on a runner making a run on the relay station at the University of Arizona’s football camp for those with special needs, Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2025.
University of Arizona football head coach Brent Brennan cheers with the campers as Braxton LaRowe gives the final Bear Down cheer of the camp for those with special needs, Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2025.
University of Arizona receiver Tre Spivey III signs Berkleigh Coleman’s souvenir football as the Wildcats’ camp for those with special needs winds down on May 6.
Brevin Coleman catches passes and scores touchdowns on the turf of the Cole and Jeannie Davis Sports Center as the crowd thins out from the University of Arizona’s football camp for those with special needs, Tucson, Ariz., May 6, 2025.
Kelly Presnell
Photojournalist
Extraordinary Cats, Arizona's football camp for people with disabilities, "made for a really special day."