2006 Sports picture story: First

Rashaun Rucker

Standing tall

While most high school varsity players are changing out of school clothes into shoulder pads and jock straps, Jacob Orban, a junior football player at Alpena High School is removing his pants and his legs. The outgoing and talkative 6-foot teenager emerges out of the dark green locker room as a 4-foot defensive lineman and placeholder for the Wildcats, who sometimes answers to Stubby. Orban, who was born without legs, is determined to be a tough player, a starter, and just normal.