NFL prospects help run drills in Detroit Special Olympics football camp [Video]

DETROIT (WXYZ) — On Wednesday morning at Corner Ballpark in Corktown, we asked top NFL prospect Jayden Daniels how Detroit is treating him so far.

He replied, “It’s cold!”

Indeed it was, but even the cold couldn’t keep the energy down as Daniels and other NFL prospects including Caleb Williams ran Special Olympic athletes through flag football drills.

Portage, Michigan, Special Olympics athlete Max Hinga told us being able to get tips from some of the best football players in the country was, “pretty amazing.”

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Fellow Michigan Special Olympics athlete Anthony Banies said, “It’s pretty good, I enjoy it, it’s pretty fun. I never really got an opportunity to do stuff like this.”

The training drills were part of a clinic being put on most of the morning by the NFL and Special Olympics together.

They’ve been hosting opportunities like this since …