The ESPY’s are the Oscars of sports. Each year ESPN honors the best in athletics from Best Team to Best Individual Performance. The Arthur Ashe Courage Award is given to someone who’s courage transcends sports. This year the recipient was Zaevion Dobson, the 15-year-old Tennessee high school football player who was killed by gunfire last December while protecting two young women.

Take the time to watch this, it’s a powerful tribute to his life and the sacrifice he made and the impact that sacrifice has had on others.