You lead with your shoulder. Even though this ball carrier surprised him, Brent was turning his head away at the time of the collision. That probably saved those boys from a concussion or worse. And they couldn't run very fast. So it wasn't like Lawrence Taylor crashing into Emmitt Smith.
Experts believe that as many as one million kids play age-group football in the United States.
Some 170,000 kids play Pop Warner, which is similar in organization to Little League baseball. Pop Warner, which is for kids ages 7 to 16, has very strict safety rules against which all youth football programs should be measured. Frankly, many more of our kids get hurt riding bikes, climbing trees, or in-line skating than they do playing football. Pop Warner has never had a player fatality in its 67-year history. And studies show that most youth football programs are relatively safe.