Peter Carroll is known as a guy who really cares. You might not like everything about him, but he has a track record of going out of his way to help his players. For the Seattle Seahawks head coach, this was especially true when he was manning the helm for the USC Trojans.

Apparently, time spent in the NFL has not diminished Carroll's caring for USC and its players.

Over the weekend, blind USC long-snapper Jake Olson got his first live game rep in his career. It was an incredibly emotional moment for a lot of people. That list of people who really got into the moment included Pete Carroll.

Here is Peter Carroll via Seattle's team website:

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“That was an incredible moment. I’m so glad that (USC) Coach (Clay) Helton figured out a way to create the opportunity for Jake to show what he could do. This is just an extraordinary young man. Jake has done stuff throughout his life. From the time he was 10 years old, he has been doing remarkable things—he wrote his first book at 10—and onward. For a guy to out there and play in a college football game, snap a ball, they kick the extra point and make it, that’s just something, that’s just something about Jake. Jake’s a huge story. He’s one for all of us about courage and character and grit and vision and special qualities that few people would be able to hold onto. …

He’s going to be a big factor. We’re all going to see him do a lot of stuff in this world. There’s nothing holding Jake back. I was so excited to see it, I couldn’t stop crying. It was thrilling. It was good to see a Trojan win too, but it was really something. …“I would have imagined that Jake would have been dreaming about playing for the Trojans, but the fact that it could ever come true, I would have not have thought that was possible. But then again, it’s Jake, so anything’s possible.

I would have imagined that Jake would have been dreaming about playing for the Trojans, but the fact that it could ever come true, I would have not have thought that was possible. But then again, it’s Jake, so anything’s possible.”

On his Instagram account over the weekend, Jake Olson sent his thanks to Carroll for taking him in and embracing him as a 12-year-old.

“To Coach Carroll, none of this would have been possible without you,” a portion of Jake Olson’s post read. “If you hadn’t made me a member of the Trojan Family when I was 12, I don’t know where my life would be. You are a special person, and I will be forever thankful for your generosity.”

Sports can be really neat and inspiring sometimes.