LEWISTON, N.Y. (WKBW) — At Lew-Port, there’s a new safety playing his first year of high school football. An amputation of his left leg at 10 years old hasn’t stopped Gavin Burns from playing underneath the Friday night lights.

Before the 2025 season, 17-year-old Gavin just convinced his mom to let him join the team.

“It wasn’t hard… I was like, 'Mom I want to play football,'” Gavin said.

“I was just stunned at the fact that he wanted to play,” Gavin’s mom, Jacqueline, said. “So, I said, ‘Are you sure?’ And he said ‘Yes.’ I said ‘Okay, we will get the ball rolling.”

In June of 2018, Gavin had his left leg amputated after a lawnmower accident, but he never stopped working, r unning again for the first time in 2021 and now, making plays on the football field.

“I wanted to inspire oth

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