Quincy Williams and his neighborhood buddies would get together and play football games wherever they had some room to run while growing up in Birmingham, Alabama.

Williams has since been living out his childhood dream in the NFL as a playmaking linebacker for the New York Jets , an example for the kids now playing on those fields. And he's excited that girls — maybe someday even his young daughter — are finding increasing opportunities to play football.

“When I was younger, we had females who wanted to play 7-on-7 with us and stuff like that,” Williams said. “To see how much it has grown, it's been amazing.”

The Jets and the Eastern College Athletic Conference announced Tuesday they're launching the largest collegiate women's flag football league in the country, starting in February

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