Jets score TD with 10-year-old boy who battled leukemia

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The New York Jets scored a special touchdown by fulfilling a young fan’s big wish.

On the first play of team drills during practice at MetLife Stadium on Saturday night, coach Todd Bowles called 10-year-old Jesse Pallas onto the field to join the offence in the huddle.

Pallas, in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia, lined up in the backfield and took a handoff from Josh McCown. The Miller Place, New York, resident then ran down the field — with a host of Jets blockers leading the way and defenders falling around him — 50 yards for a score .

The team surrounded Pallas and celebrated in the end zone, with McCown giving the young fan a hug. Pallas, who was joined by his mother Fariba, father Mike and older brother Jake, also received four tickets from the Jets for their home opener against Miami on Sept. 24.