4-foot-2 wide receiver born without femurs to walk on at Baylor

Ricardo Benitez, a 4-foot-2 wide receiver born without femurs in both his legs, has been invited to walk on at Baylor.

The Texas native committed to Baylor in April, but couldn't afford the tuition. A friend set up a GoFundMe page to help, which raised more than $20,000 in less than two weeks.

"Doctors told my parents I had a condition called Femur Hypoplasia Bilateral and it might be best to stop the pregnancy," Benitez told MaxPreps.com's Lynden Ostrander last year. "They said I had a hole in my heart, would be in a wheelchair the rest of my life and never play sports. But my parents saw me as a gift from God and went on with the pregnancy. I crawled until I was two and didn't start running until I was five."

Benitez had his first day at Baylor this week and thanked everyone for their support.