New Hampshire High School Student in Wheelchair Scores Epic Touchdown

— -- A New Hampshire teen ended up being the star of his high school's Friday night's football game after scoring a touchdown for the first time while in his wheelchair.

"The boys [players] were chanting his name and the crowd started chanting his name," mom Jessica Tufts of Rochester, New Hampshire, told ABC News. “A bunch of all were all in tears. They're probably not going to like to admit it, but I saw some of those boys misty-eyed as well."

Tufts said her son, Teagan House, 15, a sophomore at Spaulding High School, began using a wheelchair full-time at 10 years old after being diagnosed with Duchenne muscular dystrophy.

"He [Teagan] had a rough start to the [freshman] year," she said. "He was sitting alone at lunch and his special ed coordinator noticed this."

Tufts said Teagan's teacher took him around the lunchroom where he met the football players who began inviting him to games and, eventually, presented him with his own jersey as honorary captain.

"He [Teagan] said, 'Mommy, I was so excited,'" Tufts said. "The boys were able to look past his wheelchair and see my son."

Then, on Oct. 30, the football team decided they'd give Teagan a moment on the field by giving him a shot at scoring a touchdown during the last 12 minutes of the game.

"It was just overwhelming to see those boys just as proud of him and they treated him like he's the star of the show," Tufts said. "They may have gone down in the records as having a losing season this year, but they win it where it counts in life, with their hearts.

"This team has one of the biggest hearts I know," she added. "As Teagan says, [they're] 'his brothers.'"

Coach Jeff Hunt said in a challenging season, Teagan's touchdown became the highlight of it all.

"Just to see him cross the goal line with the ball in his hand and in a wheelchair, it was probably the most amazing thing I've seen as a coach," Hunt told ABC News. "It gave me chills up and down my spine."