On June 14, the Adapted Football League (AFL) kicked off its season inside the fieldhouse at CrossCountry Mortgage Campus.
Six weeks later, the season wrapped up with the All-Star Game on July 27, bringing all athletes together for the first time. Unlike the regular season, where each component—skills and drills, flag football, and wheelchair football—ran separately, this final event united them in a single, inclusive celebration.
“We’re welcoming the Adaptive Football League back into our doors after a season-long activation,” Browns Youth Football Coordinator Brandon Moore said. “Achievement Centers for Children is a proud partner of the Browns, so we continue to work together to create opportunities for kids that have mental and physical disabilities and just make sure there’s no limitation of who can play and enjoy the game of football.”
The Adapted Football League was established in 2011 and supports children and adults with both cognitive and/or developmental delays and those with physical limitations. For all 15 years of the league, the Browns have partnered with Achievement Centers for Children to help provide football through the summer league.
The league has three different divisions – skills and drills, flag football and wheelchair – with athletes spread across those divisions and volunteers helping to run the league.